Maps and History: Constructing Images of the Past
- ISBN-10
- 0300086938
- ISBN-13
- 9780300086935
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 267
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Author
- Jeremy Black
Description
Explores the role, development, and nature of the atlas and discusses its impact on the presentation of the past.
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