Mapping Europe's Borderlands : Russian Cartography in the Age of Empire.

The simplest purpose of a map is a rational one: to educate, to solve a problem, to point someone in the right direction. Maps shape and communicate information, for the sake of improved orientation. But maps exist for states as well as individuals, and they need to be interpreted as expressions of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Seegel, Steven
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Temas:
Cartography > Political aspects > Russia.
Cartography > Political aspects > Europe, Eastern.
Cartographie > Aspect politique > Russie.
Cartographie > Aspect politique > Europe de l'Est.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Cartography.
International relations
Cartografie.
Politieke aspecten.
Russia > Relations > Europe, Eastern.
Europe, Eastern > Relations > Russia.
Europe de l'Est > Relations > Russie.
Eastern Europe
Russia
Rusland.
Oost-Europa.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The simplest purpose of a map is a rational one: to educate, to solve a problem, to point someone in the right direction. Maps shape and communicate information, for the sake of improved orientation. But maps exist for states as well as individuals, and they need to be interpreted as expressions of power and knowledge, as Steven Seegel makes clear in his impressive and important new book. Mapping Europe & rsquo;s Borderlands takes the familiar problems of state and nation building in eastern Europe and presents them through an entirely new prism, that of cartography and cartographers. Drawing fro.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (402 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226744278
0226744272
0226744256
9780226744254
1280491752
9781280491757
9786613586988
6613586986

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