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Autore |
Craib Raymond B |
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Titolo |
Cartographic Mexico : a history of state fixations and fugitive landscapes / / Raymond B. Craib |
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Durham, N.C. : , : Duke University Press, , 2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (322 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political geography |
Cartography - Mexico - History |
Geographical perception - Political aspects - Mexico |
Land tenure - Mexico - History |
Mexico Historical geography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-287) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Writing a spatial history of Mexico -- The terrain of tradition -- Fugitive landscapes -- Standard plots -- Situated knowledges -- Spatial progressions -- Fluvial confusions -- Revolutionary spaces -- These questions will never end. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'Cartographic Mexico' analyses the spatial history of 19th & early 20th century Mexico, particularly the political uses of mapping & surveying, in order to demonstrate the multiple ways that space can be negotiated in the service of local or national agendas. |
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