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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Craib, Raymond B.
Autres auteurs: Saldívar-Hull, Sonia, Silverblatt, Irene
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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