The New Nature of Maps

The New Nature of Maps
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 0801870909
ISBN-13 : 9780801870903
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Book Synopsis The New Nature of Maps by : J. B. Harley

Download or read book The New Nature of Maps written by J. B. Harley and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2002-10-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these essays the author draws on ideas in art history, literature, philosophy and the study of visual culture to subvert the traditional 'positivist' model of cartography and replace it with one grounded in an iconological and semiotic theory of the nature of maps.


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