Denis Wood’s followup to his classic The Power of Maps (1992) is almost entirely new in content. I have included the book’s table of contents below. A PDF copy of chapter 1 is included. This chapter argues, provocatively, “there were no maps before 1500” – a serious challenge to our assumptions about the map as a human and historical universal.
I. Mapping
1. Maps Blossom in the Springtime of the State (PDF)
2. Unleashing the Power of the Map
3. Signs in the Service of the State
4. Making Signs Talk to Each Other
II. Counter-Mapping
5. Counter-Mapping and the Death of Cartography
6. Talking Back to the Map
7. Map Art: Stripping the Mask from the Map
8. Mapmaking, Counter-Mapping, and Map Art in the Mapping of Palestine
From the publisher: “Denis Wood shows how maps are not impartial reference objects, but rather instruments of communication, persuasion, and power. By connecting us to a reality that could not exist in the absence of maps – a world of property lines and voting rights, taxation districts and enterprise zones – they embody and project the interests of their creators.”
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