MAPPING by Daniel Dorling, David Fairbairn ( 9780582289727 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

MAPPING
WAYS OF REPRESENTING THE WORLD

By:

Daniel Dorling, David Fairbairn

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0582289726

ISBN 13:

9780582289727

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

9 April, 1997

Series:

Insights Into Human Geography

Pages:

192

Description:

This text seeks to illustrate how maps tell us as much about the people and the powers which create them, as about the places they show. Each chapter includes: an explanation of key terms, text boxes highlighting selected personalities; case studies; themes; and annotated further reading.

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.

Illustrations:

maps, further reading, index

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Imprint:

Prentice-Hall

Returns:

Returnable

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