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The Natures of Maps Book
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The Maps Room published during the holidays a synopsis of the book The Natures of Maps by Denis Wood and John Fels.
From the entry: "“The book confronts nature on maps — nature as threatened, nature as threatening, nature as grandeur, cornucopia, possessable, as a system, mystery, and park — with intense slow readings of exemplary historical and contemporary maps, which populate this full color, beautifully illustrated and designed book,” Krygier writes in the blurb. “The careful interrogation of maps reveals that far from passively reflecting nature, they instead make sustained, carefully crafted, and precise arguments about nature.”" From the Chicago Press site: "231 pages, 179 color plates, 16 halftones 11 x 11, $49"
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