Cartographic Mexico : A History of State Fixations and Fugitive Landscapes

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Analyzes spatial history of 19th and early 20th century Mexico, particularly political uses of mapping and surveying, to demonstrate multiple ways that space can be negotiated in the service of local or national agendas.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Craib, Raymond B.
Other Authors: Saldívar-Hull, Sonia, Silverblatt, Irene
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Political geography.
Land tenure.
Historical geography.
Cartography.
Land tenure > Mexico > History.
Geographical perception > Political aspects > Mexico.
Cartography > Mexico > History.
Mexico.
Mexico > Historical geography.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Writing a Spatial History of Modern Mexico; 1. The Terrain of Tradition; 2. Fugitive Landscapes; 3. Standard Plots; 4. Situated Knowledges: The Geographic Exploration Commission (I); 5. Spatial Progressions: The Geographic Exploration Commission (II); 6. Fluvial Confusions; 7. Revolutionary Spaces; Epilogue: ''These questions will never end, ''; Bibliography; Index.

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