REVIEWS: The Cartographic State: Maps, Territory, and the Origins of Sovereignty

[...]he urges that the temporality of this revolution differed significantly from that posited by histories of sovereignty that are indexed to diplomatic relations. [...]one can describe the object of one's sovereignty as the aggregate of administrative units and nevertheless have a detailed co...

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Published in:The Review of politics 2016, Vol.78 (1), p.147
Main Author: Ando, Clifford
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Cartography
Colonies & territories
Diplomacy
Geography
International relations
Power
Private property
Sovereignty
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Summary:[...]he urges that the temporality of this revolution differed significantly from that posited by histories of sovereignty that are indexed to diplomatic relations. [...]one can describe the object of one's sovereignty as the aggregate of administrative units and nevertheless have a detailed conception of their geographic situation (contra chap. 6). [...]most crucially, cadastral maps allow for a very different nexus of sovereignty and territoriality, one in which a sovereign's political territory is an aggregate of private landholdings, and the boundaries of the territory are constructed from the inside out.
ISSN:0034-6705
1748-6858
DOI:10.1017/S0034670515000923