After the Map: Cartography, Navigation, and the Transformation of Territory in the Twentieth Century

by William Rankin

Book Overview

For most of the twentieth century, maps were indispensable. They were how governments understood, managed, and defended their territory, and during the two world wars they were produced by the hundreds of millions. Cartographers and journalists predicted the dawning of a "map-minded age," where increasingly state-of-the-art maps would become everyday tools. By the century's end, however, there had been decisive shift in mapping practices, as the dominant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022633936X
• ISBN13: 9780226339368
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 10.1"