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001 2005014228
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005 20080703084953.0
008 050516s2006 iluabf b 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aJacob, Christian,$d1955-
240 10 $aEmpire des cartes.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe sovereign map :$btheoretical approaches in cartography throughout history /$cChristian Jacob ; translated by Tom Conley ; edited by Edward H. Dahl.
250 $a[English-language ed.].
260 $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c2006.
300 $axxiii, 417 p., [32] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"Originally published as L'empire des cartes: Approche théorique de la cartographie à travers l'histoire, Éditions Albin Michel, 1992"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 389-401) and index.
505 0 $aWhat is a map? -- There are maps, and there are maps -- The map as mediation -- The raw materials of the map -- The printed map -- The atlas: a book of maps -- Pragmatics of the consultation of the map -- Tentative definitions -- Graphics, geometry, & figuration -- The border and graphic representation -- The framework and the Marteloio -- Forms and contours of the Earth -- Order/disorder: the minimal units of graphics -- "Hic sunt leones" -- The visible and reason -- Maps & writing -- The title of the map -- Names on the map: toponymy -- The map and its legends -- The cartographic image: the eye & memory -- Imaginary maps: a poetics of the drawing and the gaze -- Cartographic reading as construction -- Imaginary drifts -- From the map to geography: stages of an apprenticeship.
546 $aTranslated from the French.
650 0 $aCartography$xHistory.
700 1 $aDahl, Edward H.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005014228.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005014228-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2005014228-d.html
856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f7d8-aa