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John Rennie Short is professor of public policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
"[A] very accessible and well-written general history of Korea and
its role in the history of cartography. . . . [W]ritten very much
for a general audience, . . . [Korea] isbeautifully illustrated
with many pictures of old Korean maps, European maps of Korea and
recent examples of maps of Korea."--Korea Times-- "Korea Times"
"There are more than a few Korean books of the country's
cartographic history, but Korea: A Cartographic History separates
itself from others in that it reviews how Korea was incorporated in
Western maps, as well as how Korea, East Asia, and the West were
represented in and through Korean maps. John Rennie Short, a
prolific writer in the areas of geography and urban studies, has
also published several books on the history of cartography, the
politics of mapmaking, and European maps. He is one of the very few
who are qualified to compare European maps to Korean ones in terms
of their worldview, geographic knowledge of other territories as
well as their own, and uses and purposes of mapmaking. Undoubtedly,
this book fills the gap in the current literature on the
development of the history of cartography. It also makes a
significant contribution to the historical studies of Joseon and
colonial Korea, as Korean cartographic representations of and
encounters with outside influences would add a new dimension to the
existing understanding of the Korean people's relations with
others."--Yeong-Hyun Kim, Ohio University
"A comprehensive and highly interesting examination of Korea
through maps. . . . Korea is a pleasure to read, a fully satisfying
and rich foray into a fascinating country as seen, by itself and by
others, through maps. The archival work, methodological elegance,
and convincing argumentation and writing create a scintillating
exploration of and guidebook to all things cartographically related
to a place that has sometimes been relegated to 'wedge' position
between great powers (China and Japan, or communism and capitalism,
as the case may be). Seventy-one full-colour plates are
interspersed throughout the text, and it feels as though every
other page has a treasure waiting behind it. This book is a
beautiful production by the University of Chicago Press. . . . A
superb introduction to a fine author from whom we can only hope
much more of the same is to come."
--Gwilym Eades, Royal Holloway, University of London
"Cartographica"
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