The natures of maps : cartographic constructions of the natural world

The natures of maps : cartographic constructions of the natural world / Denis Wood and John Fels.

The authors demonstrate that maps of the natural, physical world are just as culturally and socially constructed as any map of property or territory.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wood, Denis
Other Authors: Fels, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Map reading.
Cartography > Philosophy.
Cartography > Social aspects.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: don't skip this
  • 1. The nature of maps
  • 2. The propositional logic of the map
  • 3. Reading land of the living fossils
  • 4. Threatened nature
  • 5. Threatening nature
  • 6. Nature as grandeur
  • 7. Nature as cornucopia
  • 8. Possessable nature
  • 9. Nature as system
  • 10. Nature as mystery
  • 11. Nature as park.

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