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The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World; by Denis Wood and John Fels; Foreword by John Pickles; 231 pages, 179 color plates, 16 halftones 11'' x 11'' © 2008; Cloth $49.00 This book is a provocative, and richly illustrated extension of the arguments initiated by Denis Wood in his 2006 SEEING THROUGH MAPS book (co-authored with Kaiser & Abramms) in which the closing chapter was titled, “Are maps TALK instead of pictures?” In this 2008 book, lavished produced by the University of Chicago Press, Wood & Fels again take on the notion that maps are far from objective representations of the world. Rather, every map reflects the agendas and intentions of its creators. They present a compelling exploration of a wide range of maps to answer the question of, as they put it, why maps have “gotten away with it.”
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