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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schulten, Susan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Cartography > United States > History > 19th century.
Thematic maps > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Maps > History > 19th century.
Science.
Astronomy.
Geography.
Thematic maps > United States > History > 19th century.
Cartography > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Maps > History > 19th century.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part One: Mappping the Past
  • The Graphic Foundations of American History
  • Capturing the Past through Maps
  • Part Two: Mapping the Present
  • Disease, Expansion, and the Rise of Environmental Mapping
  • Slavery and the Origin of Statistical Cartography
  • The Cartographic Consolidation of America
  • Conclusion.