The Social Life of Maps in America, 1750-1860 /

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In the age of MapQuest and GPS, we take cartographic literacy for granted. We should not; the ability to find meaning in maps is the fruit of a long process of exposure and instruction. A "carto-coded" America - a nation in which maps are pervasive and meaningful - had to be created. The S...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brückner, Martin, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Cartography.
Cartographers.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Cartography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
Cartographes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Cartographie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Cartographers > United States > History.
Cartography > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introducing the social life of American maps
  • American mapworks
  • The artisanal map, 1750-1815: workshops and shopkeepers from Lewis Evans to Samuel Lewis
  • The manufactured map, 1790-1830: centralization and integration from Mathew Carey to John Melish
  • The industrial map, 1820-1860: innovation and diversification from Henry S. Tanner to S. Augustus Mitchell
  • The spectacle of maps
  • Public giants: re-staging power and the theatricality of maps
  • Private properties: ornamental maps and the decorum of interiority
  • Self-made spectacles: the look of maps and cartographic visualcy
  • The mobilization of maps
  • Looking small and made to go: the atlas and the rise of the cartographic vade mecum
  • Cartographic transfers: education and the art of mappery
  • Cartoral arts and material metaphors
  • Price table-maps and their sales prices, 1755-1860
  • Inventory of 'John Melish geographer and map publisher'.

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