Geographies of Mars : seeing and knowing the red planet /

Geographies of Mars : seeing and knowing the red planet /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lane, K. Maria D.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Martians. Planets -- Research. Geography. Martians. Research. Mars (Planet) -- Research -- History -- 19th century. Mars (Planet) -- Research -- History -- 20th century. Mars (Planet) -- Geography. Mars (Planet) -- Maps. Mars (Planet) Electronic books. History. Maps.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11234658

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ISBN:	9780226470795 0226470792 9780226470788 0226470784
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	One of the first maps of Mars, published by an Italian astronomer in 1877, with its pattern of canals, fueled belief in intelligent life forms on the distant red planet--a hope that continued into the 1960s. Although the Martian canals have long since been dismissed as a famous error in the history of science, K. Maria D. Lane argues that there was nothing accidental about these early interpretations. Indeed, she argues, the construction of Mars as an incomprehensibly complex and engineered world both reflected and challenged dominant geopolitical themes during a time of major cultural, intelle.
Other form:	Print version: Lane, K. Maria D. Geographies of Mars. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011 9780226470788

Table of Contents:

Understanding Mars: sensation, science, and geography
Representing scientific data: cartographic inscription and visual authority
Representing scientific sites: vision and fieldwork at the mountain observatories
Representing scientists: heroism, adventure, and the geographical outlook
Placing the red planet: meanings in the martian landscape
Toward a cultural geography of Mars: imaginative geography and the superior Martian.