{"id":1787640,"date":"2019-08-22T10:09:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T14:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787640"},"modified":"2019-08-22T10:09:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T14:09:42","slug":"reviews-of-edneys-cartography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/08\/reviews-of-edneys-cartography\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviews of Edney’s Cartography"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Matthew Edney\u2019s Cartography: The Ideal and Its History<\/em><\/strong><\/a> was published by the University of Chicago Press<\/a> last April. I have a review copy and a review is in the works. While you\u2019re waiting for me to get said review written, here are a couple of reviews to tide you over: one from Steven Seegel at New Books Network<\/em><\/a>; and one (behind a paywall) at Times Higher Education<\/em> from Jerry Brotton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Incidentally, Seegel is the author of Map Men: Transnational Lives and Deaths of Geographers in the Making of East Central Europe<\/em><\/a>: a review of that is forthcoming as well. Brotton has several books to his name: he\u2019s co-author of this year\u2019s Talking Maps<\/em><\/a>, and in 2012 published A History of the World in 12 Maps<\/em><\/a>, which I reviewed here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Related: Map Books of 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matthew Edney\u2019s Cartography: The Ideal and Its History was published by the University of Chicago Press last April. I have a review copy and a review is in the works. While you\u2019re waiting for me… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-1787640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-cartography","tag-books","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787849,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/10\/cartography-the-ideal-and-its-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787640,"position":0},"title":"Cartography: The Ideal and Its History","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"1 October 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Matthew H. Edney\u2019s Cartography: The Ideal and Its History (University of Chicago Press, April) is a full-throated jeremiad against the concept of cartography itself\u2014the ideal of cartography, which after 237 densely argued pages Edney says \u201cis quite simply indefensible.\u201d Or as the subtitle to the first chapter states: \u201cThere is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Book Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Book Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/book-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cartography (cover)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/edney-cartography-ideal-history-210x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1788268,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/01\/cartograph-history-of-a-back-formation\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787640,"position":1},"title":"‘Cartograph’: History of a Back Formation","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"28 January 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Inspired by its appearance in a recent science fiction novel,\u00a0Matthew Edney explores the history of the odd word \u201ccartograph\u201d\u2014a back formation of \u201ccartography\u201d whose existence suggests circumstances in which \u201cmap\u201d is somehow insufficient. Edney traces three kinds of uses of the term: one referring to an early 20th-century instrument; one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Cartography"","block_context":{"text":"Cartography","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/cartography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1835451,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/12\/book-roundup-december-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787640,"position":2},"title":"Book Roundup: December 2024","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"20 December 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"Atlas of Design, vol. 7 A lack of time and energy have conspired to prevent me from serving up a gift guide this year, but I can point you to a few links related to books that have come out this year. 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