Picturing America : the golden age of pictorial maps / Stephen J. Hornsby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hornsby, Stephen J. (Stephen John), 1956-

Contributor:

Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division, contributor, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cartography.

History.

Pictorial maps.

United States--Maps.

United States.

Pictorial maps--History--20th century.

Cartography--United States--History--20th century.

Genre:

Maps.

Atlases.

History.

Pictorial maps.

Physical Description:

xi, 289 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [in association with] Library of Congress, 2017.

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."

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.

Notes:

Maps illustrated are drawn primarily from the Fair and Parry collections at the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index.

ISBN:

9780226386041

022638604X

OCLC:

956957285

Publisher Number:

99973105829