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A History of America in 100 Maps (Hardcover)
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A History of America in 100 Maps (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.
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