Mapping the ontologically unreal-counterfactual spaces in literature and cartography

Cartographic Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-342

  Piatti, Barbara ^a   Hurni, Lorenz ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alternate history; Berlin; Counterfactual history; History; Maps; Melissa Gould; New York; Novels; Robert Harris; Rupert Thomson; World War II

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; GEOPOLITICS; HISTORY; MAP; MAPPING; POLITICAL BORDER; WAR;

BERLIN; GERMANY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

MELISSA;

EID: 77949482331     PISSN: 00087041     EISSN: 17432774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000870409X12554350947386     Document Type: Article

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