Power Lines: Maps That Shaped the Way We See the World
Autor Peter Keatingen Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 mai 2026
A collection of the greatest political maps in history and how these images have an unmatched power to influence our thinking—and our world.
In this book, award-winning journalist Peter Keating has assembled dozens of the most significant maps in history. There is the map featuring the Treaty of Tordesillas meridian, which Spain and Portugal used to divide the whole of the Western Hemisphere in 1494. The map deployed by Western leaders at the 1884 Berlin Conference to carve up Africa. A map of Adolf Hitler’s speaking engagements in 1933 that looks like a rock concert tour poster. Maps of gerrymandering. Of redlining. Of military targets and of peace treaties. The map of the world—distortions and all—that hangs on thousands of classroom walls. And the polarizing red-and-blue election results maps that Americans are confronted with every two years. In striking images and riveting stories that span continents and centuries, Keating makes a compelling case for why, in the age of the internet, the power of maps—to define borders, to influence social policy, to enact political change—is unmatched, and is as potent as ever before.Preț: 178.25 lei
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781579658779
ISBN-10: 1579658776
Pagini: 296
Ilustrații: 100
Dimensiuni: 206 x 238 x 26 mm
Greutate: 1.14 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Black Dog & Leventhal
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1579658776
Pagini: 296
Ilustrații: 100
Dimensiuni: 206 x 238 x 26 mm
Greutate: 1.14 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Black Dog & Leventhal
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Descriere
A collection of the greatest political maps in history and how these images have an unmatched power to influence our thinking-and our world.
In a world where Google Maps has largely taken over utilitarian functions like finding destinations and providing directions, printed maps still stir our imaginations. In this book, award-winning journalist Peter Keating assembles nearly 100 of the most impactful examples in history, across continents and centuries. There is the map featuring the Treaty of Tordesillas meridian, which Pope Alexander VI used to divide the whole of the western hemisphere between Spanish and Portuguese explorers in 1494. Maps from the Cold War, showing Communist threats closing in on the US from all sides. And even a map outlining the territories under gang control in Chicago in the midst of Prohibition. Accompanying each of these incredible pieces of art-cum-propaganda, Keating reveals the compelling stories of how they came to be, what they were up to, and why they still matter today.
This richly illustrated and deeply informative book will demonstrate the power maps have to shape how we see the world-and will be the perfect gift for politicos, history buffs, and map lovers alike.
In a world where Google Maps has largely taken over utilitarian functions like finding destinations and providing directions, printed maps still stir our imaginations. In this book, award-winning journalist Peter Keating assembles nearly 100 of the most impactful examples in history, across continents and centuries. There is the map featuring the Treaty of Tordesillas meridian, which Pope Alexander VI used to divide the whole of the western hemisphere between Spanish and Portuguese explorers in 1494. Maps from the Cold War, showing Communist threats closing in on the US from all sides. And even a map outlining the territories under gang control in Chicago in the midst of Prohibition. Accompanying each of these incredible pieces of art-cum-propaganda, Keating reveals the compelling stories of how they came to be, what they were up to, and why they still matter today.
This richly illustrated and deeply informative book will demonstrate the power maps have to shape how we see the world-and will be the perfect gift for politicos, history buffs, and map lovers alike.