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Picturing America : the golden age of pictorial maps
- Title
- Picturing America : the golden age of pictorial maps / Stephen J. Hornsby.
- Author
- Hornsby, Stephen J. (Stephen John), 1956-
- Publication
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [in association with] Library of Congress, [2017]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-Map Div. G1201.A5 H67 2017 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Reference Room 117 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division, contributor, publisher.
- Description
- xi, 289 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps; 29 cm
- Summary
- In the United States, the art form flourished during the 1920s to the 1970s, when thousands of innovative maps were mass-produced for use as advertisements and decorative objects the golden age of American pictorial maps. Picturing America is the first book to showcase this vivid and popular genre of maps. Geographer and collector Stephen J. Hornsby gathers together 158 delightful pictorial jewels, most drawn from the extensive collections of the Library of Congress. In his informative introduction, Hornsby outlines the development of the cartographic form, identifies several representative artists, describes the process of creating a pictorial map, and considers the significance of the form in the history of Western cartography. Organized into six thematic sections, Picturing America covers a vast swath of the pictorial map tradition during its golden age, ranging from "Maps to Amuse" to "Maps for War."
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Scientific atlases.
- History.
- Maps.
- Pictorial maps.
- Atlases.
- Note
- Maps illustrated are drawn primarily from the Fair and Parry collections at the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index.
- Contents
- Pictorial maps: an American genre -- Maps to amuse -- Maps to instruct -- Maps of place and region -- Maps for industry -- Maps for war -- Maps for postwar America.
- Call Number
- G1201.A5
- ISBN
- 022638604X
- 9780226386041
- LCCN
- 2016012939
- OCLC
- 956957285
- Author
- Hornsby, Stephen J. (Stephen John), 1956-
- Title
- Picturing America : the golden age of pictorial maps / Stephen J. Hornsby.
- Publisher
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [in association with] Library of Congress, [2017]
- Type of Content
- textcartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division, contributor, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- *R-Map Div. G1201.A5 H67 2017