Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9789782205971
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Carta's Physical Map of Israel
Author: War and Peace
Author: Moshe AumannPublisher: Carta Jerusalem
ISBN: 9789652208330
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
More than 90 historical and modern maps together with explanatory texts guide the reader through Israel's history in War and Peace: Carta's Historical Atlas of Israel. All important aspects of Israel today are portrayed in a set of pictorial maps and texts, including the search for a peaceful settlement with Israel's Arab neighbors, Israel's physical features, an outline of its government and institutions, its economic development, the variety of its communities, and its religious and cultural life.
The Politics of Maps
Author: Christine LeuenbergerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190076240
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan Valley has been one of the most disputed territories in history. Since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, Palestinians and Israelis have each sought claim to the national identity of the land through various martial, social and scientific tactics, but no method has offered as much legitimacy and national controversy as that of the map. The Politics of Maps delves beneath the battlefield to unearth the cartographic strife behind the Israel/Palestine conflict. Blending science and technology studies, sociology, and geography with a host of archival material, in-depth interviews and ethnographies, this book explores how the geographical sciences came to be entangled with the politics, territorial claim-making, and nation-state building of Israel/Palestine. Chapters chart the cartographic history of the region, from the introduction of Western scientific and legal paradigms that seemingly legitimized and depoliticized new land regimes to the rise of new mapping technologies and software that expanded access to cartography into the public sphere. Maps produced by various sectors like the "peace camps" or the Jewish community enhanced national belonging, while others, like that of the Green Line, served largely to divide. The stories of Israel's many boundaries reveal that there is no absolute, technocratic solution to boundary-making. As boundaries continue to be controversial and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains intractable and unresolved, The Politics of Maps uses nationally-based cartographic discourses to provide insight into the complexity, fissures and frictions within internal political debates, illuminating the persistent power of the nation-state as a framework for forging identities, citizens, and alliances.
Carta's Map of Israel, 1:250,000
Author: Atlas of South America
Author: Moshe BrawerPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349125792
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
From the Amazon Basin to the terraces of Macchu Picchu, here is a complete visual introduction to South America. More than 100 two-colour illustrations, tables and charts are accompanied by a clearly written text that provides an overview of the climate, geography, economy, people, history, and resources of the South American nations and their territories. Part 1 gives an overview of the region; Part 2 covers each country separately. Chapters on the individual countries include the following sections: physical environments and natural regions; climate, economy, agriculture, industry and minerals, history, government and politics, and the nation's capital. The Atlas of South America includes an annotated bibliography, prepared by Linda Vertrees, Chicago Public Library, plus a complete index.
The Sacred Bridge
Author: Anson F. RaineyPublisher: Lonnie Cohen
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Of all the writings held sacred by the world's religions, only the Bible presents a message linked to geography. This is not just the location of religious centers but the experience of a people in its land, a people that has insisted on its God-given right to self-identity throughout the ages and in defiance of all forces that sought to deny it. All Jews and Christians who profess to find the source of their faith in these Scriptures look to the experiences of that people depicted in the Bible as examples and role models for their search after the Divine will and for their moral conduct among men. The religious experiences of that ancient people took place in relation to a geographical setting, generally a small postage stamp on the face of the globe, a patch of terrain in the southern part of the eastern Mediterranean littoral. The Bible is replete with geographical information, not as a guidebook for travelers or a textbook on geography, but often almost incidental to the message. Yet without the geography, that message is often obscured or vitiated for the uninformed reader. The present atlas seeks to introduce the reader to the geographical elements that can help to make real the social, historical and spiritual experience of the People of the Book. - Publisher.
International Maps and Atlases in Print
Author: Kenneth L. WinchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Map Division
Author: New York Public Library. Map DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
Atlas of Israel
Author: Understanding the Geography of the Bible
Author: Menashe Har-ElPublisher: Carta Jerusalem
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
"Richly documented with maps and profusely illustrated, this volume provides a comprehensive view of the geographical background to life in biblical times."--BOOK JACKET.