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A History of America in 100 Maps by Susan Schulten (2018, Hardcover)

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Throughout its history, America has been defined through maps. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps invest information with meaning by translating it into visual form. They capture what people knew, what they thought they knew, what they hoped for, and what they feared. As such they offer unrivaled windows onto the past. In this book Susan Schulten uses maps to explore five centuries of American history, from the voyages of European discovery to the digital age. With stunning visual clarity, A History of America in 100 Maps showcases the power of cartography to illuminate and complicate our understanding of the past. Gathered primarily from the British Library's incomparable archives and compiled into nine chronological chapters, these one hundred full-color maps range from the iconic to the unfamiliar. Each is discussed in terms of its specific features as well as its larger historical significance in a way that conveys a fresh perspective on the past. Some of these maps were made by established cartographers, while others were made by unknown individuals such as Cherokee tribal leaders, soldiers on the front, and the first generation of girls to be formally educated. Some were tools of statecraft and diplomacy, and others were instruments of social reform or even advertising and entertainment. But when considered together, they demonstrate the many ways that maps both reflect and influence historical change. Audacious in scope and charming in execution, this collection of one hundred full-color maps offers an imaginative and visually engaging tour of American history that will show readers a new way of navigating their own worlds.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
022645861x
ISBN-13
9780226458618
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8038268655

Product Key Features

Book Title
History of America in 100 Maps
Author
Susan Schulten
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Cartography, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Expeditions & Discoveries, Latin America / General, United States / General
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
11in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
8.5in
Item Weight
56.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
E179.5.S36 2018
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Anyone who loves history, or maps, or American culture should read this book, from cover to cover.It is indeed a fabulous ride., Maps often capture history much more economically than any narrative. This is Schulten's premise, which she supports by offering 100 cartographic snapshots of America from the European arrival to the digital age., Schulten does exactly what she promises at the beginning of her book: provide a visual tour through American history, supported by maps. History, in this case, is not written with a capital H, but is instead conceived as a collection of individual stories, with each map having its own to tell. Reading A History of America in 100 Maps is certainly a nice way to learn about the United States of America's past and the fascinating parts map-making has played in that history., . . . Several fascinating and rare examples included in A History of America in 100 Maps . Any one may make readers rethink what they know about how the nation came to be.
Table of Content
Introduction: Seeing the Past Through Maps 1. 1490-1600: Contact and Discovery 2. 1600-1700: Early Settlement and the Northwest Passage 3. 1700-1783: Imperialism and Independence 4. 1783-1835: A Nation Realized 5. 1835-1874: Expansion, Fragmentation, and Reunification 6. 1874-1914: Industrialization and Its Discontents 7. 1914-1940: Prosperity, Depression, and Reform 8. 1940-1962: Between War and Abundance 9. 1962-2001: An Unsettled Peace Afterword: The Road Ahead Endnotes and Additional Sources List of Maps Index Acknowledgments
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2018-011133
Dewey Decimal
911/.73
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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by sakzi43Jan 14, 2019
An Extraordinary Book
Beautiful maps and accompanying explanations, If you like maps and you enjoy reading history, you will like this book. Would make also a nice gift.
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