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Mapping Latin America
Jordana Dym
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Description for Mapping Latin America
Paperback. For many, a map is nothing more than a tool used to determine the location or distribution of something. But maps reveal much more: to really read a map means to examine what it shows and what it doesn't, and to ask who made it, why, and for whom. This title asks these sorts of questions about maps of Latin America. Editor(s): Dym, Jordana; Offen, Karl. Num Pages: 360 pages, 118 colour plates, 12 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KL; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1293.
For many, a map is nothing more than a tool used to determine the location or distribution of something - a country, a city, or a natural resource. But maps reveal much more: to really read a map means to examine what it shows and what it doesn't, and to ask who made it, why, and for whom. The contributors to this new volume ask these sorts of questions about maps of Latin America, and in doing so they illuminate the ways cartography has helped to shape this region from the Rio Grande to Patagonia. In "Mapping Latin America", Jordana ... Read more
For many, a map is nothing more than a tool used to determine the location or distribution of something - a country, a city, or a natural resource. But maps reveal much more: to really read a map means to examine what it shows and what it doesn't, and to ask who made it, why, and for whom. The contributors to this new volume ask these sorts of questions about maps of Latin America, and in doing so they illuminate the ways cartography has helped to shape this region from the Rio Grande to Patagonia. In "Mapping Latin America", Jordana ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226618227
SKU
V9780226618227
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About Jordana Dym
Jordana Dym is associate professor of history and director of Latin American studies at Skidmore College and author of From Sovereign Villages to National States: City, State and Federation in Central America, 1759-1838. Karl Offen is associate professor of geography at the University of Oklahoma. He is preparing a book on the Atlantic world origins of the Mosquito Kingdom in ... Read more
Reviews for Mapping Latin America
"Mapping Latin America gathers together the foremost scholars of cartography and Latin American history. The novel format of the work allows Jordana Dym and Karl Offen to present a stunning range of cartographic materials, all carefully contextualized by the outstanding scholarship of the authors, which notably includes assessment of the contributions of indigenous cultures. Illustrating over five hundred years of ... Read more