Mapping the nation : history and cartography in nineteenth-century America /

"In the nineteenth century, Americans began to use maps in radically new ways. For the first time, medical men mapped diseases to understand and prevent epidemics, natural scientists mapped climate and rainfall to uncover weather patterns, educators mapped the past to foster national loyalty am...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schulten, Susan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, ©2012.
Temas:
1800-1899
Thematic maps > United States > History > 19th century.
Cartography > United States > History > 19th century.
Cartes thématiques > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Cartographie > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Cartography.
Cartography.
Thematic maps.
Thematische Kartografie
United States > Maps > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mapping the past
  • The graphic foundations of American history
  • Capturing the past through maps
  • Mapping the present
  • Disease, expansion, and the rise of environmental mapping
  • Slavery and the origin of statistical cartography
  • The cartographic consolidation of America.

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