Reconsidering Our Basic Assumptions In a Global Context

Abstract

I love world maps. From my earliest memories I have enjoyed purchasing atlases and maps, large and small, wherever I might find them. Most have been acquired from visits to community garage sales or book fairs. As a student my budget was greatly limited and now…well, I guess am just cheap. It really doesn’t matter to me if maps are out of date. I simply enjoy the care with which they are drawn, and the range of nationalities and cultures their many colors represent. Over time I have found them to be a testament to the inexorable march of history as in their pages new countries emerge full of hope and promise, and old empires age and die.