Scotland: Mapping the Nation - Rilegato

Fleet, Christopher; Wilkes, Margaret; Withers, Charles W. J.

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ISBN 10: 1841589691 ISBN 13: 9781841589695

Casa editrice: Birlinn Ltd, 2011

Riassunto

Whilst documents and other written material are obvious resources that help shape our view of the past, maps too can say much about a nation's history. This is the first book to take maps seriously as a form of history, from the earliest representations of Scotland by Ptolemy in the second century AD to the most recent form of Scotland's mapping and geographical representation in GIS, satellite imagery and SATNAV. Compiled by three experts who have spent their lives working with maps, Scotland: Mapping the Nation offers a fascinating and thought-provoking perspective on Scottish history which is beautifully illustrated with complete facsimiles and details of hundreds of the most significant manuscript and printed maps from the National Library of Scotland and other institutions, including those by Timothy Pont, Joan Blaeu and William Roy, amongst many others.

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Recensione:

'Mixes lavish illustration with academic rigour and engaging anecdotes. Those who read this book will never 'read' a map in quite the same way again' --Sunday Herald

'A real treasure of a book' --Alexander McCall Smith in the Mail on Sunday

'A splendiferous treat of text and illustration' --TC Smout, The Herald

'A beautiful tome' --Scotland Magazine

'A well crafted message is told of maps, Scotland, and Scottishness, and the connections between them; of how maps helped shape the nation as seen from within and without; and of how maps worked ideologically and in the everyday lives of the Scots to shape identity.' - Journal of Historical Geography. 'Christopher Fleet, Margaret Wilkes and Charles W J Withers Scotland Mapping the Nation (Birlinn in association with the National Library of Scotland) is the first book to systematically exploit Scotland s treasure trove of maps as a major source for the history of the nation: beautifully produced with a text full of unexpected insights.' --Tom Devine, Scottish Review of Books

Some books are simply so magnificent in their scope and execution you know they are destined to become classics from the moment you open the cover and begin to turn the pages. "Scotland: Mapping the Nation" is one of those books, --Undisocvered Scotland

'A well crafted message is told of maps, Scotland, and Scottishness, and the connections between them; of how maps helped shape the nation as seen from within and without; and of how maps worked ideologically and in the everyday lives of the Scots to shape identity.' - Journal of Historical Geography. 'Christopher Fleet, Margaret Wilkes and Charles W J Withers Scotland Mapping the Nation (Birlinn in association with the National Library of Scotland) is the first book to systematically exploit Scotland s treasure trove of maps as a major source for the history of the nation: beautifully produced with a text full of unexpected insights.' --Tom Devine, Scottish Review of Books

The wealth of illustrations and their variety, all with excellent descriptions, make every chapter a delight to read. I cannot recommend it highly enough, --Edinburgh University Club of Toronto newsletter

beautifully crafted and wholly accessible while still delivering academic insight --Geographical Magazine

L'autore:

Christopher Fleet studied Geography at the University of Durham. Since 1994 he has worked at the Map Library at the National Library of Scotland, with particular responsibilities relating to digital mapping. Charles W. J. Withers is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Historical Society, and the Royal Society of Arts. Margaret Wilkes has been head of the Map Division at the National Library of Scotland since 1988. In 2001 she was awarded The Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Bartholomew Globe for services to Scottish cartography.

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• Editore: Birlinn Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1841589691
• ISBN 13: 9781841589695
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288