The King's Two Maps: Cartography and Culture in Thirteenth-Century England (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415967914)

While a culture may have a dominant way of "mapping," its geography is always plural, and there is always competition among conceptions of space. Beginning with this understanding, this book traces the map's early development into an emblem of the state, and charts the social and cultural implications of this phenomenon. This book chronicles the specific technologies, both material and epistemological, by which the map shows itself capable of accessing, organizing, and reorienting a tremendous range of information.

Author: Daniel Birkholz
ISBN-10: 0415967910
ISBN-13: 9780415967914
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/18/2004
Pages: 290
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.32w x 0.88d