Konvitz, J. W. (1990) The nation-state, Paris and cartography in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century France. Journal of Historical Geography, 16(1), pp. 3-16. (doi: 10.1016/0305-7488(90)90131-T)
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Abstract
Developments in French cartography in the eighteenth century produced an image of the country which was more integrated and centralized than was the reality at the time. These innovations in map-making contributed to efforts to re-order the nation's political structure during the Revolution. The upheavals at that time affected the status of Paris as the urban focus of the nation state. Just as cartography had been related to efforts to eliminate spatial and institutional frictions in the country as a whole, it was also used to create a more unified spatial order within Paris itself. French cartography was thus intimately bound up with the political evolution of France from the eighteenth century, and in particular with the changing structure of the French urban system.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Konvitz, Professor Josef |
| Authors: | Konvitz, J. W. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Education |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Historical Geography |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0305-7488 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1095-8614 |
| Published Online: | 26 August 2004 |
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