This book uses France from the 17th century onwards as a case study to examine the interaction between "territory," "space," and "sovereignty" in the early modern period. It integrates perspectives from cartographic history, technological history, and cultural history, focusing on the following questions: How is a nation's territorial space formed? How are the outlines and images of its borders created and disseminated, and how do they shape national consciousness? In daily life, how do people perceive and represent the imagined world constructed by power? Maps, as a key technological invention in this process, present geographical entities in a direct and concise way, shaping identity and national identity. With the rise of cartography, from boundary demarcation, zoning, and governance, to surveys, statistics, and mapping, and then to atlases and illustrations in historical writing, geographical space and its political representation became a key dimension in the construction of French national, state, and community consciousness.
本书以17世纪以降的法国为案例，考察近代早期“领土”“空间”与“主权”的互动关系，融合制图史、技术史与文化史视角，聚焦如下问题：一国的领土空间如何形成？疆域轮廓与版图形象如何被制造与传播，又怎样塑造国家意识？在日常生活中，人们如何感知与表征由权力建构的意象世界？地图作为这一进程中的关键技术发明，以直观、简明的方式呈现地缘实体，形塑身份归属与国民认同。随着制图业的兴起，从勘界、区划、治理，到调查、统计、测绘，再到历史书写中的图集与插画，地理空间及其政治再现成为法兰西民族、国家与共同体意识构建的关键维度。形象
本书以17世纪以降的法国为案例，考察近代早期“领土”“空间”与“主权”的互动关系，融合制图史、技术史与文化史视角，聚焦如下问题：一国的领土空间如何形成？疆域轮廓与版图形象如何被制造与传播，又怎样塑造国家意识？在日常生活中，人们如何感知与表征由权力建构的意象世界？地图作为这一进程中的关键技术发明，以直观、简明的方式呈现地缘实体，形塑身份归属与国民认同。随着制图业的兴起，从勘界、区划、治理，到调查、统计、测绘，再到历史书写中的图集与插画，地理空间及其政治再现成为法兰西民族、国家与共同体意识构建的关键维度。形象
