Name: A History of the World in Twelve Maps
SKU: LONDONALLENLANE2012-
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Jerry brotton is the presenter of the acclaimed bbc4 series maps: power, plunder and possession here he tells the story of our world through mapsthroughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it but far from being purely scientific objects, world maps are unavoidably ideological and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of power and authority of particular times and places mapmakers do not simply represent the world, they construct it out of the ideas of their agein this scintillating book, jerry brotton examines the significance of 12 maps – from the mystical representations of ancient history to the satellite-derived imagery of today he vividly recreates the environments and circumstances in which each of the maps was made, showing how each conveys a highly individual view of the world – whether the jerusalem-centred christian perspective of the 14th century hereford mappa mundi or the peters projection of the 1970s which aimed to give due weight to the third worldalthough the way we map our surroundings is once more changing dramatically, brotton argues that maps today are no more definitive or objective than they have ever been – but that they continue to make arguments and propositions about the world, and to recreate, shape and mediate our view of it readers of this book will never look at a map in quite the same way again

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Manufacturer	London: Allen Lane, 2012.	Author	Jerry Brotton:
NumberOfItems	1	Item Weight	2.33 Pounds
ItemDimensions	6.38 x 1.54 x 9.45Inches	binding	Hardcover
Amazon Category	Books » History » Historical Study	Amazon Category	Books » Reference » Atlases & Maps » Historical Atlases & Maps
Amazon Category	Books » Reference » Atlases & Maps » World Atlases & Maps	ISBN	1846140994
EAN	9781846140990

Weight	2.33 lbs

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