Drawing the Line
Subtitle: Tales of Maps and Cartocontroversy
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Published: December 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780805025811
Subjects: Cartography, geodesy & geographic information systems (GIS); Politics / Current Events; Cartography; Science/Mathematics; Atlases; General; Geography; Deception; Maps
Table of contents: title: The Peters Projection controversy; title: Place-names, ethnic insults, and ideological renaming; title: The Vinland Map, Columbus, and Italian-American pride; title: Boundary litigation and the map as evidence; title: Continental drift and geopolitics : ideas and evidence; title: Maps, votes, and power; title: Siting, cartographic power, and public access; title: Risk maps and environmental hazards; title: Epilogue