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Cartography in France, 1660-1848 : science, engineering, and statecraft / Josef W. Konvitz ; with a foreword by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Konvitz, Josef W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cartography--France--History.
- Cartography.
- History.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 194 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987.
- Summary:
- Cartography in France, 1660-1848 offers a wealth of insights into the cartographic imagination. Konvitz successfully integrates the development of maps and mapmaking into the study of Enlightenment and the study of the making of the nation-state, thereby enriching a variety of disciplines from historical geography to the history of ideas.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 181-189.
- ISBN:
- 0226450945
- OCLC:
- 13644355
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