Contending that Japan's industrial and imperial revolutions were also geographical revolutions, Karen Wigen's interdisciplinary study analyzes the changing spatial order of the countryside in early mo
"In this highly original work, author Karen Wigen takes the reader on an exciting journey across the elaborate history and colorful techniques of Japanese cartography. Through a series of wonderful st
"A Malleable Map is a striking example of what a historically deep, learned, and meticulous examination of maps and geographical place-making can teach us. Wigen's compelling analysis and stunning gra
In this thoughtful and engaging critique, geographer Martin W. Lewis and historian K?ren Wigen reexamine the basic geographical divisions we take for granted, and challenge the unconscious spatial fr
