Decolonizing the Map: Cartography from Colony to Nation

by James R. Akerman (Editor)

Other authorsJames R. Akerman (Contributor), Sumathi Ramaswamy (Contributor), Jordana Dym (Contributor), Raymond B. Craib (Contributor), Thomas J. Bassett (Contributor), Karen Culcasi (Contributor), Magali Carrera (Contributor), Lina del Castillo (Contributor), Jamie McGowan (Contributor)
Ebook, 2017

Publication

University of Chicago Press (2017), Edition: 1, 392 pages

ISBN

9780226422817

Notes

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Cartography and Decolonization
2. Entangled Spaces: Mapping Multiple Identities in Eighteenth-Century New Spain
3. Cartography in the Production (and Silencing) of Colombian Independence History, 1807–1827
4. Democratizing the Map: The Geo-body and National Cartography in Guatemala, 1821–2010
5. Uncovering the Roles of African Surveyors and Draftsmen in Mapping the Gold Coast, 1874–1957
6. Multiscalar Nations: Cartography and Countercartography of the Egyptian Nation-State
7. Art on the Line: Cartography and Creativity in a Divided World
8. Signs of the Times: Commercial Road Mapping and National Identity in South Africa
Contributors
Index
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