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Subject: new map books from U Chicago Press
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 09:09:13 +0000
From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
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Chicago Uni Press' Spring 2008 catalogue is out.
forthcoming books on cartographic subjects include:
"The natures of maps: cartographic constructions of the natural world",
Denis Wood & John Fels.
231pp, 179 colour plates, 1 halftones, hb, US$49.
ISBN 978-226-90604-1
due out in May.
"Coastlines: how mapmakers frame the world and chart environmental change",
Mark Monmonier,
224pp, 85 halftones, hb, US$25.
Isbn 978-0-226-53403-9
due out in May
"American Boundaries, the nation, the states, the rectangular survey",
Bill Hubbard Jr.
384pp, 317 halftones, hb US$55.
ISBN 978-0-226-35591-7
due out in April
"Terra Incognita: mapping the antipodes before 1600"
Alfred Hiatt
224pp, 8 colour plates, 60 halftones, US$60
ISBN 978-0-226-33303-8
Due out in MAy.
Co-published by the British Library (who seem to have exclusive rights
outside N.America)
"Storms and Dreams, the life of Lo! uis de Bouganville"
John Dunmore
304pp, 10 halftones, 6 maps
ISBN 978-1-60223-001-9
due out in paperback in Feb (has been in hb for a year or so)
co-published by Uni Alaska Press (who seem to have exclusive rights
outside N. America).
"Where Fate Beckons: the life of Jean-Francois de la Perouse"
John Dunmore
304pp, 17 halftones, 7 maps
ISBN 978-1-60223-003-3
due out in paperback in Feb (has been in hb for a year or so)
co-published by Uni Alaska Press (who seem to have exclusive rights
outside N. America).
anyone interested in reviewing any of these titles (esp. th first 4) for
the Journal of spatial Science, please contact me!
Brendan
Dr Brendan Whyte
Reviews Editor
Journal of Spatial Science
Ubon Ratchathani University
THAILAND
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