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Pages: 1728
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When the University of Chicago Press launched the landmark History of Cartography series nearly thirty years ago, founding editors J.B. Harley and David Woodwar
Mapping the Nation
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Susan Schulten
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-29 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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“A compelling read” that reveals how maps became informational tools charting everything from epidemics to slavery (Journal of American History). In the nin
Cartography
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Matthew H. Edney
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-04-12 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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“In his most ambitious work to date, [Edney] questions the very concept of ‘cartography’ to argue that this flawed ideal has hobbled the study of maps.”
Envisioning the City
Language: en
Pages: 212
Authors: David Buisseret
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-07-06 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Picturing America
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Pages: 302
Authors: Stephen J. Hornsby
Categories: History
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Instructive, amusing, colorful—pictorial maps have been used and admired since the first medieval cartographer put pen to paper depicting mountains and trees