The social life of maps in America, 1750-1860

The social life of maps in America, 1750-1860

Williamsburg, Va. : Chapel Hill : Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; The University of North Carolina Press, 2017.

xvii, 350 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.

526.0973 B888 2017

(OCoLC)985974741

Text in double columns.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Preface. Introducing the social life of American maps -- Pt. 1. American mapworks. The artisanal map, 1750-1815 : workshops and shopkeepers from Lewis Evans to Samuel Lewis -- The manufactured map, 1790-1830 : centralization and integration from Mathew Carey to John Melish -- The industrial map, 1820-1860 : innovation and diversification from Henry S. Tanner to S. Augustus Mitchell -- Pt. 2. The spectacle of maps. Public giants : re-staging power and the theatricality of maps -- Private properties : ornamental maps and the decorum of interiority -- Self-made spectacles : the look of maps and cartographic visualcy -- Pt. 3. The mobilization of maps. Looking small and made to go : the atlas and the rise of the cartographic vade mecum -- Cartographic transfers : education and the art of mappery -- Epilogue. Cartoral arts and material metaphors -- Appendix 1. Price table--maps and their sales prices, 1755-1860 -- Appendix 2. Inventory of "John Melish geographer and map publisher."
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