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< Christine Leuenberger and Izhak Schnell leave no stone unturned as they trace the development and politics of mapping in one of the most contested territories on earth - Israel/Palestine. The two scholars offer a powerful analysis of the central role of mapping in colonialism, nationalism and Zionist nation-building, as well as in the futile attempts to achieve Palestine statehood. The book is a must for students, scholars and observers of this protracted political and cartographic drama.> -OREN YIFTACHEL, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev < In this remarkable book, Christine Leuenberger and Izhak Schnell have done a formidable job of demystifying, through the emblematic and concrete case of Israel/Palestine, the role of maps in state-building. They establish that maps are merely representations, resulting from the processing of data through cognitive, cultural and political filters. Their work is essential for understanding how mapping practices, far from being neutral and objective, are formidable tools for defining and legitimizing geographical knowledge and territorial imaginations.> -ELISABETH VALLET, University of Quebec at Montreal

In this remarkable book, Christine Leuenberger and Izhak Schnell have done a formidable job of demystifying, through the emblematic and concrete case of Israel/Palestine, the role of maps in state building. They establish that maps are merely representations, resulting from the processing of data through cognitive, cultural, and political filters. Their work is essential for understanding how mapping practices, far from being neutral and objective, are formidable tools for defining and legitimizing geographical knowledge and territorial imaginations. -- Elisabeth Vallet, University of Quebec at Montreal Christine Leuenberger and Izhak Schnell leave no stone unturned as they trace the development and politics of mapping in one of the most contested territories on earth DL Israel/Palestine. The two scholars offer a powerful analysis of central role of mapping in colonialism, nationalism, and Zionist nation-building, as well as in the futile attempts to achieve Palestine statehood. The book is a must for students, scholars and observers of this protracted political and cartographic drama. -- Oren Yiftachel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Overall, this fascinating, informative, and critical book is a must-read for anyone interested in political cartography or the Israel/Palestine conflict. The authors reveal a country with a highly professional and technological mapping process, but one that can at times be manipulated as a means of disseminating or emphasising specific political messages. In an era of digitised and Google maps, it is far less easy than in the past to advance one side of the conflict, yet Leuenberger and Schnell make clear just how important mapping and cartography remain within the political process. -- David Newman, Times Higher Education In this remarkable book, Christine Leuenberger and Izhak Schnell have done a formidable job of demystifying, through the emblematic and concrete case of Israel/Palestine, the role of maps in state building. They establish that maps are merely representations, resulting from the processing of data through cognitive, cultural, and political filters. Their work is essential for understanding how mapping practices, far from being neutral and objective, are formidable tools for defining and legitimizing geographical knowledge and territorial imaginations. -- Elisabeth Vallet, University of Quebec at Montreal Christine Leuenberger and Izhak Schnell leave no stone unturned as they trace the development and politics of mapping in one of the most contested territories on earth DL Israel/Palestine. The two scholars offer a powerful analysis of central role of mapping in colonialism, nationalism, and Zionist nation-building, as well as in the futile attempts to achieve Palestine statehood. The book is a must for students, scholars and observers of this protracted political and cartographic drama. -- Oren Yiftachel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Christine Leuenberger, PhD, is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University. Her work has been published in various academic journals, as well as in edited volumes and popular news outlets. She was a Fulbright Scholar, a Fulbright Specialist, and an American Association for the Advancement of Science Science & Technology Policy Fellow. Dr. Leuenberger was a recipient of a National Science Foundation Scholar's award to investigate the history and sociology of mapping practices in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. She is also conducting research on issues of migration and borders, and is engaged in peace and educational initiatives in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa. Izhak Schnell, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography and Human Environment at Tel Aviv University and former President of the Israeli Association of Geographers. His works focus on the analysis of social space under globalization and socio-spatial integration and segregation of social groups in globalized realities, interpretations of the meanings of spaces and places including the representations of spaces and places like art and cartographic pieces and the monitoring of urban environments as risks for health and urban parks as restorative environments.

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