TY - BOOK ID - 22709564 TI - The power of maps AU - Wood, Denis AU - Fels, John AU - Routledge PY - 1992 SN - 0415096669 0415096650 PB - London Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Cartografie KW - Cartographie KW - Cartography KW - Cartography [Primitive ] KW - Chartography KW - Mapping (Cartography) KW - 912 KW - 528.9 KW - 528.9 Cartography. Mapping (textual documents) KW - Cartography. Mapping (textual documents) KW - Cartografie. Kaarten. Plattegronden. Atlassen UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:22709564 AB - 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. The pretence of objective, "scientific" map-making is demolished as the author explores how maps can change the way we see our world. 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 an exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design. ER -