Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (945 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1771121262 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 394 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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van den Hoonaard is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of New Brunswick and the author or editor of eight books. Will C. He is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. . Most recently, he authored a series on ethics in research, including the acclaimed The Seduction of Ethics. His current interests cover qual
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. Much later, one woman so changed the way we think about continents that the shift has been likened to the Copernican revolution. 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 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. 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 better
Interesting, leaves you wanting to learn more I confess, due to my own lack of attention, that Map Worlds wasn’t quite what I was expecting. More academic, a bit more dry, a bit more “listy.” But as mentioned, that was my fault, not the fault of the author, who does a thorough job of tracing the role of women in cartography from the Golden Age of the profession in the 16th Century up to co. Four Stars Alice H. Neat.
"An inspiring book that is fascinating and highly-researched.""The vignettes draw together perhaps the only source for personal biographies of female pioneers in heavily male-dominated professions."