Comparative map history and "the history of cartography" : methodologies, institutions, and idealizations / by Matthew H. Edney.

Author/creator Edney, Matthew H. author.
Other author Lois, Carla, editor.
Format Book
PublicationLeiden, Netherlands : Brill, [2025]
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionvi, 140 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, plan ; 24 cm.
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SeriesMap history
Map history (Brill Academic Publishers) ^A1464089
Contents Methodologies and threads of comparative map history -- Comparative map historians: map librarians, antiquarians, and academics -- Inventing the deficient discipline of The history of cartography" -- Fixing the conceptual deficiencies of the history of cartography.
Summary An innovative account of the practices and institutions of comparative map history in support of Western imperialism and nationalism and of how, after 1950, the field became the core of idealized discipline of ""the history of cartography."".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN9789004742680
ISBN9004742689 (paperback)

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