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 book (description is taken from Amazon):

• Cartography: The Ideal and Its History, by Matthew H. Edney, University of Chicago Press, 2019 ISBN: 978-0226605685

In this book Edney disavows the term cartography, rejecting the notion that maps represent an undifferentiated category of objects for study. Rather than treating maps as a single, unified group, he argues, scholars need to take a processual approach that examines specific types of maps—sea charts versus thematic maps, for example—in the context of the unique circumstances of their production, circulation, and consumption. To illuminate this bold argument, Edney chronicles precisely how the ideal of cartography that has developed in the West since 1800 has gone astray. By exposing the flaws in this ideal, his book challenges everyone who studies maps and mapping practices to reexamine their approach to the topic. The study of cartography will never be the same.

The deadline for this review would be end of February. Please respond to me off-list if interested. I will also likely have more books in need of reviewers in the coming weeks, so look for another email from me with those.

Thank you!

Ilene Raynes