| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 219 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Cambridge studies in international relations ; 127 |
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Cambridge studies in international relations ; 127.
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| Contents |
Cover; The Cartographic State; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Mapping and the emergence of the sovereign state; Method and plan of the book; 2 Authority, sovereignty, and international change; Conceptualizing political change: authority and the international system; Political authority in the late Middle Ages; Modern political authority and sovereign statehood; Conceptualizing authority, explaining the territorial state; 3 The cartographic revolution; Theorizing mapping and space; Medieval European cartography and space |
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Mapping in medieval EuropeMedieval spatial ideas; The cartographic revolution of the Renaissance; Early modern mapping; Modern spatial ideas; Ancient and non-Western mapping traditions; 4 Mapping the territorial state; Map use by rulers in early modern Europe; Early government map use; Government-commissioned cartography: first phase; Government-commissioned cartography: second phase; Maps and the territorialization of political authority; The shift to bounded, homogeneous territorial authority; The elimination of non-territorial authorities; The territorialization of rule |
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The hegemony of cartographic territory5 New World mapping and colonial reflection; New World, new mapping, new territories; Reflection and consolidation of territoriality; 6 Peace treaties and political transformation; Negotiations, treaties, and political authority; The Congress of Arras, 1435; Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis, 1559; The Treaties of Westphalia, 1648; Treaty of the Pyrenees, 1659; Treaty of Utrecht, 1713; Later eighteenth century; The Congress of Vienna and the Treaties of Paris, 1814-1815; Treaty of Versailles, 1919; 7 Mapping the territorialization of France |
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Mapping France, territorializing French rule8 The cartographic state today; Technology, institutional change, and international relations; Digital cartographies and political transformation; Beyond mapping, beyond the state?; References; Index; Series |
| Summary |
Describes the emergence of the territorial state and examines the role that cartography has played in shaping its linear boundaries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Cartography -- History.
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Sovereignty.
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International relations.
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Territory, National.
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Boundaries.
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World politics.
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sovereignty.
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international relations.
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boundaries.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Boundaries
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Cartography
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International relations
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Sovereignty
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Territory, National
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World politics
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013020832 |
| ISBN |
9781107497191 |
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1107497191 |
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9781139644372 |
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1139644378 |
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1107503841 |
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9781107503847 |
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1107040965 |
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9781107040960 |
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