Mapping the Cold War: Cartography and the Framing of America's International Power

by Timothy Barney

Book Overview

In this fascinating history of Cold War cartography, Timothy Barney considers maps as central to the articulation of ideological tensions between American national interests and international aspirations. Barney argues that the borders, scales, projections, and other conventions of maps prescribed and constrained the means by which foreign policy elites, popular audiences, and social activists navigated conflicts between North and South, East and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469618540
• ISBN13: 9781469618548
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.4"