Europe in Transition - Reshaping a Continent
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- Title:
- Europe in Transition - Reshaping a Continent
- Alternate Title:
- Europe in Transition - Reshaping a Continent
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- National Geographic Society
- Date:
- 2005
- Date 2:
- 2024-04-25
- ID Number:
- 2291.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2291_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1960 - Present
- Subject:
- Other War & Peace
Communism & Cold War
Ethnocentrism
Imperialism - Measurement:
- 51 x 79 sheet (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- This post-Cold War map dramatically illustrates the use of color to send a message.
It shows three views of Europe, looking down on the globe from a point above North Africa. The top view is from 1920, post World War I, and is entitled “Empires to Nations,” reflecting the results of the War. Russia is in pale pink and most of Western Europe is in pale shades of yellow. The text concludes that “The Treaty of Versailles . . . forced Germany to claim responsibility for the war and pay reparations. Few imagined that the seeds of another war were being planted.”
The central view, “1960 - Post-World War II - Europe Divided” sends a more grim, Cold War message. The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe are in red, and Western Europe, along with Turkey and Greece, are in grey.
The bottom view is from “2005 - Post-Cold War” and is called “Toward One Europe.” Russia and part of the former Soviet Union are in beige, while all of Western Europe is in dark green and much of Eastern Europe and Turkey are in lighter green. The text concludes, “After 60 years of relative peace, Europe may be realizing its dream of stability.
A standard map of Europe is on the verso.
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- National Geographic, June 2005
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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