Mapping: Ways of Representing the World (Insights Into Human Geography) - Softcover

Book 2 of 3: Insights Into Human Geography

Fairbairn, David; Dorling, Daniel

 
9780582289727: Mapping: Ways of Representing the World (Insights Into Human Geography)

Synopsis

Illustrates how maps tell us as much about the people and the powers which create them, as about the places they show. Presents historical and contemporary evidence of how the human urge to describe, understand and control the world is presented through the medium of mapping, together with the individual and environmental constraints of the creator of the map.


"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Daniel Dorling, David Fairbairn

From the Back Cover

Illustrates how maps tell us as much about the people and the powers which create them, as about the places they show. Presents historical and contemporary evidence of how the human urge to describe, understand and control the world is presented through the medium of mapping, together with the individual and environmental constraints of the creator of the map.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.