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Will C. Van Den Hoonaard - Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography - 9781771121262 - V9781771121262
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Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography

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Description for Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography Paperback. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Map Worlds plots a journey of discovery through the world of women map-makers from the golden age of cartography in the sixteenth-century Low Countries to tactile maps in contemporary Brazil. Author Will C. van den Hoonaard examines the history of women in the profession, sets out the situation of women in technical fields and cartography-related organizations, and outlines the challenges they face in their careers. Map Worlds explores women as colourists in early times, describes the major houses of cartographic production, and delves into the economic function of intermarriages among cartographic houses and families. It relates how in later centuries, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
570g
Number of Pages
394
Place of Publication
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781771121262
SKU
V9781771121262
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Will C. Van Den Hoonaard
Will C. van den Hoonaard , a professor of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick, has been a BahA aA- for over thirty years. He is Senior Editor of the international BahA aA- encyclopedia project.

Reviews for Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography
``The vignettes draw together perhaps the only source for personal biographies of female pioneers in heavily male-dominated professions.''
Julie Sweetkind-Singer
The Portolan, Spring 2014 `Map Worlds provides a social and cultural analysis of the intersections between gender and cartographic practice. By focussing on maps themselves, Map Worlds fits within the new materialist turn within the social sciences, rejecting ... Read more

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