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A History of the World in Twelve Maps 12个地图上的世界史

A History of the World in Twelve Maps 12个地图上的世界史

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作者: Jerry Brotton 著

出版社: Allen Lane

出版时间: 2012-09

ISBN: 9781846140990

定价: 339.00

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 544页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>自然科学

JerryBrottonisthepresenteroftheacclaimedBBC4series'Maps:Power,PlunderandPossession'.Herehetellsthestoryofourworldthroughmaps.
Throughouthistory,mapshavebeenfundamentalinshapingourviewoftheworld,andourplaceinit.Butfarfrombeingpurelyscientificobjects,worldmapsareunavoidablyideologicalandsubjective,intimatelyboundupwiththesystemsofpowerandauthorityofparticulartimesandplaces.Mapmakersdonotsimplyrepresenttheworld,theyconstructitoutoftheideasoftheirage.
Inthisscintillatingbook,JerryBrottonexaminesthesignificanceof12maps-fromthemysticalrepresentationsofancienthistorytothesatellite-derivedimageryoftoday.Hevividlyrecreatestheenvironmentsandcircumstancesinwhicheachofthemapswasmade,showinghoweachconveysahighlyindividualviewoftheworld-whethertheJerusalem-centredChristianperspectiveofthe14thcenturyHerefordMappaMundiorthePetersprojectionofthe1970swhichaimedtogivedueweightto'thethirdworld'.
Althoughthewaywemapoursurroundingsisoncemorechangingdramatically,Brottonarguesthatmapstodayarenomoredefinitiveorobjectivethantheyhaveeverbeen-butthattheycontinuetomakeargumentsandpropositionsabouttheworld,andtorecreate,shapeandmediateourviewofit.Readersofthisbookwillneverlookatamapinquitethesamewayagain. JerryBrottonisProfessorofRenaissanceStudiesatQueenMaryUniversityofLondon,andaleadingexpertinthehistoryofmapsandRenaissancecartography.Hismostrecentbook,TheSaleoftheLateKing'sGoods:CharlesIandhisArtCollection(2006),wasshort-listedfortheSamuelJohnsonPrizeaswellastheHessell-TiltmanHistoryPrize.In2010,hewasthepresenteroftheBBC4series'Maps:Power,PlunderandPossession'.
内容简介:
JerryBrottonisthepresenteroftheacclaimedBBC4series'Maps:Power,PlunderandPossession'.Herehetellsthestoryofourworldthroughmaps.
Throughouthistory,mapshavebeenfundamentalinshapingourviewoftheworld,andourplaceinit.Butfarfrombeingpurelyscientificobjects,worldmapsareunavoidablyideologicalandsubjective,intimatelyboundupwiththesystemsofpowerandauthorityofparticulartimesandplaces.Mapmakersdonotsimplyrepresenttheworld,theyconstructitoutoftheideasoftheirage.
Inthisscintillatingbook,JerryBrottonexaminesthesignificanceof12maps-fromthemysticalrepresentationsofancienthistorytothesatellite-derivedimageryoftoday.Hevividlyrecreatestheenvironmentsandcircumstancesinwhicheachofthemapswasmade,showinghoweachconveysahighlyindividualviewoftheworld-whethertheJerusalem-centredChristianperspectiveofthe14thcenturyHerefordMappaMundiorthePetersprojectionofthe1970swhichaimedtogivedueweightto'thethirdworld'.
Althoughthewaywemapoursurroundingsisoncemorechangingdramatically,Brottonarguesthatmapstodayarenomoredefinitiveorobjectivethantheyhaveeverbeen-butthattheycontinuetomakeargumentsandpropositionsabouttheworld,andtorecreate,shapeandmediateourviewofit.Readersofthisbookwillneverlookatamapinquitethesamewayagain.
作者简介:
JerryBrottonisProfessorofRenaissanceStudiesatQueenMaryUniversityofLondon,andaleadingexpertinthehistoryofmapsandRenaissancecartography.Hismostrecentbook,TheSaleoftheLateKing'sGoods:CharlesIandhisArtCollection(2006),wasshort-listedfortheSamuelJohnsonPrizeaswellastheHessell-TiltmanHistoryPrize.In2010,hewasthepresenteroftheBBC4series'Maps:Power,PlunderandPossession'.

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