Geographical Imagination in America, 1880-1950

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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In this rich and fascinating history, Susan Schulten tells a story of Americans beginning to see the world around them, tracing U.S. attitudes toward world geography from the end of nineteenth-century exploration to the explosion of geographic interest before the dawn of the Cold War. Focusing her examination on four influential institutions - maps and atlases, the National Geographic Society, the American university, and public schools - Schulten provides an engaging study of geography, cartography, and their place in popular culture, politics, and education.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2002-12-15
Mått15 x 23 x 2 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor330
FörlagThe University of Chicago Press
ISBN9780226740560

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Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Historisk geografi inom Historia och arkeologi
Geografi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

"Schulten steps up to the challenge of producing a full-length work about the political economy of mapmaking.... An ambitious history of the rise of popular cartography in the United States." - Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker "A well-documented account of how politics, history and culture influenced the study and presentation of geography.... Theory is wisely balanced by a hodgepodge of odd and interesting facts about maps, politics and American cultural trends." - Publishers Weekly "An important new work.... Schulten's original synthesis ranges widely and insightfully from the effects of war on map design to map projection as a reflection of how Americans saw themselves as an emergent world power." - Mark Monmonier, author of How to Lie with Maps and Air Apparent