Discovering American History Through Maps And Views
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Discovering American History Through Maps And Views
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Author : Gerald A. Danzer
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1991-01-01
Discovering American History Through Maps And Views written by Gerald A. Danzer and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with United States categories.
Mapping The Nation
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Author : Susan Schulten
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2012-06-29
Mapping The Nation written by Susan Schulten and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-29 with Technology & Engineering categories.
“A compelling read” that reveals how maps became informational tools charting everything from epidemics to slavery (Journal of American History). 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 among students, and Northerners mapped slavery to assess the power of the South. After the Civil War, federal agencies embraced statistical and thematic mapping in order to profile the ethnic, racial, economic, moral, and physical attributes of a reunified nation. By the end of the century, Congress had authorized a national archive of maps, an explicit recognition that old maps were not relics to be discarded but unique records of the nation’s past. All of these experiments involved the realization that maps were not just illustrations of data, but visual tools that were uniquely equipped to convey complex ideas and information. In Mapping the Nation, Susan Schulten charts how maps of epidemic disease, slavery, census statistics, the environment, and the past demonstrated the analytical potential of cartography, and in the process transformed the very meaning of a map. Today, statistical and thematic maps are so ubiquitous that we take for granted that data will be arranged cartographically. Whether for urban planning, public health, marketing, or political strategy, maps have become everyday tools of social organization, governance, and economics. The world we inhabit—saturated with maps and graphic information—grew out of this sea change in spatial thought and representation in the nineteenth century, when Americans learned to see themselves and their nation in new dimensions.
A History Of America In 100 Maps
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Author : Susan Schulten
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2018-09-21
A History Of America In 100 Maps written by Susan Schulten and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-21 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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.
Mapping America S Westward Expansion
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Author : Janey Levy
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2005-12-15
Mapping America S Westward Expansion written by Janey Levy and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the discovery and exploration of North America, focusing on the detailed maps created and used during this time.
The American Geography
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Author : Jedidiah Morse
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-27
The American Geography written by Jedidiah Morse and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-27 with History categories.
Excerpt from The American Geography: Or a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America; Containing Astronomical Geography Geographical Definitions, Discovery, and General Description of America and the United States It is to be regretted, that fo few Maps could be introduced into the work; but the Author hopes to be enabled to encreafe the number in future Edi tions. The Map of the Southern States, was com piled from original and authentic documents, by Mr. Joseph purc ell, of Char/filo, Soutb Caro Iina, a Gentleman fully equal to the undertaking, and is the mofi accurate yet publifhed refpeeting that country, on fo fmall a fcale. The Map of the Northern States was compiled principally by the Engraver, from the belt Maps that could be pro cured; it was chiefly defigned to give the reader an idea of the relative fituation, and comparative ex tent of the feveral Rates and countries comprehend ed within its limits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
American History Through Maps A Map Study Book
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language : en
Publisher:
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Discovering Western Civilization Through Maps And Views
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Author : Gerald A. Danzer
language : en
Publisher: Harpercollins
Release Date : 1991-01-01
Discovering Western Civilization Through Maps And Views written by Gerald A. Danzer and has been published by Harpercollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with Cartographers categories.
Maps Throughout American History
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Author : Michael Rajczak
language : en
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
Release Date : 2019-07-30
Maps Throughout American History written by Michael Rajczak and has been published by Gareth Stevens Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-30 with United States categories.
If you want to know where you are or where you are going, you can look at a map. Throughout American history, our nation's leaders and citizens were able to use maps for direction and learning. Sometimes these maps were not very accurate, and we can learn about how Americans viewed their world just by looking at the maps they had available. What would our nation look like without the 11 Confederate states? How can we reach the Pacific if there are no maps to guide us? Readers discover the story of our nation through primary sources in this intriguing volume.
Terra Cognita
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Author : Eviatar Zerubavel
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-04-17
Terra Cognita written by Eviatar Zerubavel and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-17 with History categories.
Most of us are fascinated by the conventional storybook account of Christopher Columbus' heroic discovery of America in 1492. Yet, should the credit for discovering America go to a man who insisted it was but a few islands off the shores of China?In Terra Cognita, Eviatar Zerubavel argues that physical encounters are only one part of the complex, multifaceted process of discovery. Such encounters must be complemented by an understanding of the true identity of what is being discovered. The small group of islands claimed by Columbus to have been discovered off the shores of Asia was a far cry from what we now call America. The discovery of the New World was not achieved in a single day but was a slow process--mental as well as physical--that lasted almost three hundred years. By celebrating 1492 as a year of discovery, we inevitably distort the reality of history.In vividly documenting how a slowly emerging New World gradually forced itself into Europe's consciousness, Zerubavel shows that Columbus did not discover America on October 12, 1492. Supplemented by fascinating old maps and a new preface written for this paperback edition, Terra Cognita will be of interest to historians, geographers, cognitive scientists, sociologists, and students of culture.
American History Through Maps
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
American History Through Maps written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with America categories.