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Rethinking the Power of Maps

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A contemporary follow-up to the groundbreaking Power of Maps, this book takes a fresh look at what maps do, whose interests they serve, and how they can be used in surprising, creative, and radical ways. Denis Wood describes how cartography facilitated the rise of the modern state and how maps continue to embody and project the interests of their creators. He demystifies the hidden assumptions of map making and explores the promises and limitations of diverse counter-mapping practices today. Thought-provoking illustrations include U.S. Geological Survey maps; electoral and transportation maps; and numerous examples of critical cartography, participatory GIS, and map art. The book will be important reading for geographers and others interested in maps and their political uses. It will also serve as a supplemental text in advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses such as Cartography, GIS, Geographic Thought, and History of Geography.
Introduction: Maps Work I. Mapping 1. Maps Blossom in the Springtime of the State 2. Unleashing the Power of the Map 3. Signs in the Service of the State 4. Making Signs Talk to Each Other II. Counter-Mapping 5. Counter-Mapping and the Death of Cartography 6. Talking Back to the Map 7. Map Art: Stripping the Mask from the Map 8. Mapmaking, Counter-Mapping, and Map Art in the Mapping of Palestine
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