Decolonizing the Map: Cartography from Colony to Nation: The Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography
Editat de James R. Akermanen Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 iun 2017
Almost universally, newly independent states seek to affirm their independence and identity by making the production of new maps and atlases a top priority. For formerly colonized peoples, however, this process neither begins nor ends with independence, and it is rarely straightforward. Mapping their own land is fraught with a fresh set of issues: how to define and administer their territories, develop their national identity, establish their role in the community of nations, and more. The contributors to Decolonizing the Map explore this complicated relationship between mapping and decolonization while engaging with recent theoretical debates about the nature of decolonization itself.
These essays, originally delivered as the 2010 Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library, encompass more than two centuries and three continents—Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Ranging from the late eighteenth century through the mid-twentieth, contributors study topics from mapping and national identity in late colonial Mexico to the enduring complications created by the partition of British India and the racialized organization of space in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. A vital contribution to studies of both colonization and cartography, Decolonizing the Map is the first book to systematically and comprehensively examine the engagement of mapping in the long—and clearly unfinished—parallel processes of decolonization and nation building in the modern world.
These essays, originally delivered as the 2010 Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library, encompass more than two centuries and three continents—Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Ranging from the late eighteenth century through the mid-twentieth, contributors study topics from mapping and national identity in late colonial Mexico to the enduring complications created by the partition of British India and the racialized organization of space in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. A vital contribution to studies of both colonization and cartography, Decolonizing the Map is the first book to systematically and comprehensively examine the engagement of mapping in the long—and clearly unfinished—parallel processes of decolonization and nation building in the modern world.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226422787
ISBN-10: 022642278X
Pagini: 392
Ilustrații: 121 halftones, 1 table
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Seria The Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography
ISBN-10: 022642278X
Pagini: 392
Ilustrații: 121 halftones, 1 table
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Seria The Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography
Notă biografică
James R. Akerman is Curator of Maps at the Newberry Library and director of the library’s Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography. He is editor of Cartographies of Travel and Navigationand The Imperial Map, and coeditor of Maps: Finding Our Place in the World, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
Introduction James R. Akerman
Chapter 1 Cartography and Decolonization
Raymond B. Craib
Chapter 2 Entangled Spaces: Mapping Multiple Identities in Eighteenth-Century New Spain
Magali Carrera
Chapter 3 Cartography in the Production (and Silencing) of Colombian Independence History, 1807–1827
Lina del Castillo
Chapter 4 Democratizing the Map: The Geo-body and National Cartography in Guatemala, 1821–2010
Jordana Dym
Chapter 5 Uncovering the Roles of African Surveyors and Draftsmen in Mapping the Gold Coast, 1874–1957
Jamie McGowan
Chapter 6 Multiscalar Nations: Cartography and Countercartography of the Egyptian Nation-State
Karen Culcasi
Chapter 7 Art on the Line: Cartography and Creativity in a Divided World
Sumathi Ramaswamy
Chapter 8 Signs of the Times: Commercial Road Mapping and National Identity in South Africa
Thomas J. Bassett
Contributors
Index
Introduction James R. Akerman
Chapter 1 Cartography and Decolonization
Raymond B. Craib
Chapter 2 Entangled Spaces: Mapping Multiple Identities in Eighteenth-Century New Spain
Magali Carrera
Chapter 3 Cartography in the Production (and Silencing) of Colombian Independence History, 1807–1827
Lina del Castillo
Chapter 4 Democratizing the Map: The Geo-body and National Cartography in Guatemala, 1821–2010
Jordana Dym
Chapter 5 Uncovering the Roles of African Surveyors and Draftsmen in Mapping the Gold Coast, 1874–1957
Jamie McGowan
Chapter 6 Multiscalar Nations: Cartography and Countercartography of the Egyptian Nation-State
Karen Culcasi
Chapter 7 Art on the Line: Cartography and Creativity in a Divided World
Sumathi Ramaswamy
Chapter 8 Signs of the Times: Commercial Road Mapping and National Identity in South Africa
Thomas J. Bassett
Contributors
Index
Recenzii
"Decolonizing the Map is a welcome contribution to scholarship on the history of cartography and will be of interest not only to historians of cartography but also to scholars of colonialism, decolonization, nationalism, and the politics of mapping. Each of the chapters is meticulously researched, well written, and accompanied by a rich variety of historical map images. . . . Overall, Decolonizing the Map is an exceptionally well-curated collection of historical-geographical scholarship on the countervailing forces at work in the history of nationalizing the map."
“Excellent scholarship permeates every chapter of Decolonizing the Map. The essays collected here by Akerman are subtle, tightly argued, and carefully crafted; the standard of analysis and exposition is uniformly high. This fascinating volume will be widely read and enthusiastically received by a readership spanning political history, historical geography, and, of course, the history of cartography.”
“Decolonizing the Map examines how maps were used before and after independence movements to establish new nations that emerged in the lengthy decolonization process. In different contexts, the contributors reveal not only how maps served as a basis for the construction of those nations but also how they were reflections of those recently emerged entities, condensing all the characteristics and contradictions of each process. This book is a pioneering intellectual enterprise—a highly recommended and welcome contribution to the field.”
"This book contains an outstanding collection of chapters on diverse cases and issues connecting mapping with colonialism, decolonization, and postcolonial statehood. It represents a great example of how an edited volume can simultaneously contribute to broad thematic questions and to narrower topics. In fact, each chapter would serve well as an overview text on its specific area, and many of them represent fundamental empirical contributions in their own right."