The Power of Maps

Author: Denis Wood
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0898624932

The Power of Maps

This volume ventures into terrain where even the most sophisticated map fails to lead--through the mapmaker's bias. Download The Power of Maps from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. 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. 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. Sampling the scope of maps available today, illustrations include Peter Gould's AIDS map, Tom Van Sant's map of the earth, U.S. Geological Survey maps, and a child's drawing of the world. THE POWER OF MAPS was published in conjunction with Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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