Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography by Van Den Hoonaard, Will C.

Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography

Map Worlds plots a journey of discovery through the world of women map-makers from the golden age...
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Author: Will C. Van Den Hoonaard
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Language: English
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Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography by Van Den Hoonaard, Will C.

Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography

$118.30

Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography

$118.30
Author: Will C. Van Den Hoonaard
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Map Worlds plots a journey of discovery through the world of women map-makers from the golden age of cartography in the sixteenth-century Low Countries to tactile maps in contemporary Brazil. Author Will C. van den Hoonaard examines the history of women in the profession, sets out the situation of women in technical fields and cartography-related organizations, and outlines the challenges they face in their careers. Map Worlds explores women as colourists in early times, describes the major houses of cartographic production, and delves into the economic function of intermarriages among cartographic houses and families. It relates how in later centuries, working from the margins, women produced maps to record painful tribal memories or sought to remedy social injustices. Much later, one woman so changed the way we think about continents that the shift has been likened to the Copernican revolution. Other women created order and wonder about the lunar landscape, and still others turned the art and science of making maps inside out, exposing the hidden, unconscious, and subliminal "text" of maps. Shared by all these map-makers are themes of social justice and making maps work for the betterment of humanity.

Author: Will C. Van Den Hoonaard
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published: 05/13/2014
Pages: 394
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781771121262

About the Author
Van Den Hoonaard, Will C.: -

Will C. van den Hoonaard is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of New Brunswick and the author or editor of eight books. Most recently, he authored a series on ethics in research, including the acclaimed The Seduction of Ethics. His current interests cover qualitative research, research ethics, Bahá'is, human rights, and the world of map-makers. He is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow.

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