Decolonizing the Map
Cartography from Colony to Nation
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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
Geography: Cartography
History: African History | Asian History | General History | Latin American History
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