Branch, Jordan. The Cartographic State: Maps, Territory, and the Origins of Sovereignty. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014, 219 p. ISBN 978-1-107-04096-0
Document title: Branch, Jordan. The Cartographic State: Maps, Territory, and the Origins of Sovereignty. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014, 219 p. ISBN 978-1-107-04096-0
Journal: Conjuntura austral
Database: CLASE
System number: 000487209
ISSN: 2178-8839
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brasil
Year:
Season: Abr-May
Volumen: 5
Number: 23
Pages: 121-124
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Reseña de libro
Approach: Descriptivo, divulgación
English abstract Power, sovereignty, the International. Theses are all dear concepts to International Relations. Much has been theorized on these subjects. Anyhow, little attention has been directed as to how the representation of spatial territory, in the form of maps, contributed to the crucial events that were paramount to the shaping of the field. And that is precisely what Branch tries to achieve with his newest book..
Disciplines: Relaciones internacionales
Keyword: Política internacional,
Estado moderno,
Mapas,
Cartografía,
Territorio,
Soberanía
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