Hi all-
These publications are now all claimed.
Thanks for your interest, everyone!
Ilene
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Subject: [Waml] Seeking book reviewers for three mapping publications
Hi All-
I’m the Review Editor for the “Atlas and Book Review” section of the WAML Information Bulletin. I’m seeking reviewers for the following three books (descriptions for these books are taken from Amazon):
Manchester: Mapping the City, by Terry Wyke, Brian Robson, Martin Dodge, Birlinn (December 21, 2018), 978-1780275307:
Manchester is one the world’s most iconic cities. Not only was it the first industrial city, it can claim to be the first post-industrial
city. This book uses historic maps and unpublished and original plans to chart the dramatic growth and transformation of Manchester as it grew rich on its cotton trade from the late 18th century, experienced periods of boom and bust through the Victorian period,
and began its post-industrial transformation in the 20th century.The Peterloo Massacre, the Bridgewater Canal, the railway revolution, Trafford Park industrial estate, the Ship Canal, Belle Vue theme park, Wythenshawe garden city, the 1996 IRA bomb, Coronation
Street, iconic football stadiums, and MediaCity are just some of the events and places that have put Manchester on the world’s perceptual map and are explored through a wealth of published and unpublished maps and plans in this sumptuously illustrated cartographic
history.
How the West Was Drawn: Mapping, Indians, and the Construction of the Trans-Mississippi West (Borderlands and Transcultural Studies), by
David Bernstein, University of Nebraska Press (August 1, 2018), 978-0803249301:
How the West Was Drawn explores the geographic and historical experiences of the Pawnees, the Iowas, and the Lakotas during the European and
American contest for imperial control of the Great Plains during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. David Bernstein argues that the American West was a collaborative construction between Native peoples and Euro-American empires that developed cartographic
processes and culturally specific maps, which in turn reflected encounter and conflict between settler states and indigenous peoples.
Bernstein explores the cartographic creation of the Trans-Mississippi West through an interdisciplinary methodology in geography and history.
He shows how the Pawnees and the Iowas—wedged between powerful Osages, Sioux, the horse- and captive-rich Comanche Empire, French fur traders, Spanish merchants, and American Indian agents and explorers—devised strategies of survivance and diplomacy to retain
autonomy during this era. The Pawnees and the Iowas developed a strategy of cartographic resistance to predations by both Euro-American imperial powers and strong indigenous empires, navigating the volatile and rapidly changing world of the Great Plains by
brokering their spatial and territorial knowledge either to stronger indigenous nations or to much weaker and conquerable American and European powers.
Living Maps: An Atlas of Cities Personified, by Adam Dant, Chronicle Books (October 23, 2018), ISBN-13: 978-1452149523:
This collection of maps explores the unique personalities of 28 cities around the world, shedding light on the strange and marvelous ways
in which humans interact with the places they call home. Artist and creative cartographer Adam Dant dissects Manhattan in an anatomical diagram, traces the form of a Picasso nude in the streets of Monaco, and transforms the crisscrossing paths of boats on
the Bosporus into the nerves of Istanbul. Dant draws on the history, culture, and geography of each city and on the beguiling aesthetic of antique maps to create gorgeous works of cartographic art. Witty, insightful, and adorned with a gold foil–stamped cover,
this book will capture the imaginations of travelers, map enthusiasts, history buffs, and dreamers.
Deadline will be the last week of February for these reviews. (I will send you more specifics if wind up reviewing one of these books). Please contact me off-list
if you’re interested and I’ll send you the book, the reviewer guidelines, and a due date.
Thanks-
Ilene
Ilene Raynes
Map Library Program Manager
Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library
Sciences Department, University Libraries
University of Colorado Boulder
184 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
303-492-4487