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Maps and Politics: A Review of the Ethnographic Cartography of Macedonia is a book written by British academic Henry Robert Wilkinson and published in 1951 by the University of Liverpool Press.[1][2] It is a detailed study of 216 ethnographic maps of the region of Macedonia dating from 1730 until 1949.[1][2][3] The book deals with the politicisation of Macedonia's geography during the era of nationalism.[4] It explores the development of theories based on ethnography and claims made on a national basis in relation to the region.[5] The study looks at ethnographers and their classification and distribution of local peoples in maps, their historical context, the criteria used for compiling maps and their quality, the role that either personal views or geopolitical considerations played in favouring one group over another, and knowledge (or lack thereof) of the region.[2]

Reception in scholarship

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In a book review published in the American Slavic and East European Review, Philip E. Mosely (1952) said that Wilkinson "performed a notable service in assembling and subjecting to painstaking analysis the numerous cartographic studies" regarding Macedonia.[1] Mosely wrote that the study "shows convincingly the complexities and uncertainties which beset even the most conscientious scholar, as well as the temptations which beckon to the politician."[1] Another book review published in The Geographical Journal, J. C. S. (1953) stated that it was "a well produced monograph on the ethnographic maps of Macedonia" and a "valuable addition" to "studies in Geography".[2]

John Brian Harley (1988)[6] wrote that Wilkinson's study was "an excellent discussion" that looked at the "difficulty" of "representation" in cartography related to "cultural or technical causes".[7] Loring M. Danforth (1997) stated that Wilkinson's study of the Macedonian Question "examined in detail" the significant role cartography played during its early stages.[8] Kyril Drezov (1999) described the cartographic study as a "painstaking analysis" and that Wilkinson's book is "indispensable reading for everyone who wants to orient himself in the web of mutually exclusive claims about Macedonia".[3] Leften Stavros Stavrianos (2000) regards Wilkinson's work as "a good introduction to the Macedonian question" and a "valuable study".[5] Dimitris Livanios (2008) considers the study by Wilkinson as a "rich collection" of content that covers "an interesting aspect" of the "paper warfare" and functionality of ethnological cartography regarding the region.[9]

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  • Wilkinson, Henry Robert (1951). Maps and Politics: A Review of the Ethnographic Cartography of Macedonia. University of Liverpool Press. ISBN 9780853230724. (online copy [1])

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Mosely, Philip E. (1952). "H. R. Wilkinson, Maps and Politics: A Review of the Ethnographic Cartography of Macedonia". American Slavic and East European Review. 11 (4): 316. doi:10.2307/2492014. JSTOR 2492014.
  2. ^ a b c d S., J. C. (1953). "Maps and Politics: A Review of the Ethnographic Cartography of Macedonia by H. R. Wilkinson". The Geographical Journal. 119 (1): 103. doi:10.2307/1791631. JSTOR 1791631.
  3. ^ a b Drezov, Kyril (1999). "Macedonian identity: An overview of the major claims". In Pettifer, James (ed.). The New Macedonian Question. MacMillan Press. p. 53. ISBN 9780230535794.
  4. ^ Rossos, Andrew (2013). Macedonia and the Macedonians: A history. Hoover Press. p. 287. ISBN 9780817948832.
  5. ^ a b Stavrianos, Leften Stavros (2000). The Balkans Since 1453. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. pp. 924–925. ISBN 9781850655510.
  6. ^ Harley, John Brian (1988). "Silences and Secrecy: The Hidden Agenda of State Cartography in Early Modern Europe". Imago Mundi. 40 (1): 57. doi:10.1080/03085698808592639.
  7. ^ Harley, John Brian (2004). "Silences and Secrecy: The Hidden Agenda of State Cartography in Early Modern Europe". In Laxton, Paul (ed.). The New Nature of Maps: Essays in the History of Cartography. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 83, 242. ISBN 9780801870903.
  8. ^ Danforth, Loring M. (1997). The Macedonian conflict: Ethnic nationalism in a transnational world. Princeton University Press. p. 175. ISBN 9780691043562.
  9. ^ Livanios, Dimitris (2008). The Macedonian Question: Britain and the Southern Balkans 1939-1949. Oxford University Press. pp. 4. ISBN 9780199237685.
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