The Power Of Maps
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Originally published | October 16, 1992 |
Authors | Denis Wood |
Genres | Map |
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ID | 3082046 |
About The Power Of Maps
This volume ventures into terrain where even the most sophisticated map fails to lead--through the mapmaker's bias. Denis Wood shows how maps are not impartial reference objects, but rather instruments of communication, persuasion, and power. Like paintings, they express a point of view. . . .