Mappings

Mappings
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Publisher : Reaktion Books
Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : 1861890214
ISBN-13 : 9781861890214
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Book Synopsis Mappings by : Denis Cosgrove

Download or read book Mappings written by Denis Cosgrove and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 1999-04 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores what mapping meant in the psat and how its meanings have altered. The authors investigate mappings of terrestrial space on a large scale; mapping and localism; personal mappings on and of the human body; cosmographic or imaginary mappings beyond the scale of direct earthly experience.


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