A History of America in 100 Maps

by Susan Schulten

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022645861X
• ISBN13: 9780226458618
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.8" x 11.1"