{"product_id":"the-social-life-of-maps-martin-brckner-9781469632605","title":"The Social Life of Maps in America, 1750-1860","description":"In the age of MapQuest and GPS, we take cartographic literacy for granted. We should not; the ability to find meaning in maps is the fruit of a long process of exposure and instruction. A \"carto-coded\" America--a nation in which maps are pervasive and meaningful--had to be created. \u003ci\u003eThe Social Life of Maps\u003c\/i\u003e tracks American cartography's spectacular rise to its unprecedented cultural influence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween 1750 and 1860, maps did more than communicate geographic information and political pretensions. They became affordable and intelligible to ordinary American men and women looking for their place in the world. School maps quickly entered classrooms, where they shaped reading and other cognitive exercises; giant maps drew attention in public spaces; miniature maps helped Americans chart personal experiences. In short, maps were uniquely social objects whose visual and material expressions affected commercial practices and graphic arts, theatrical performances and the communication of emotions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis lavishly illustrated study follows popular maps from their points of creation to shops and galleries, schoolrooms and coat pockets, parlors and bookbindings. Between the decades leading up to the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, early Americans bonded with maps; Martin Bruckner's comprehensive history of quotidian cartographic encounters is the first to show us how. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Br?kner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469632608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469632605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omohundro Institute and Unc Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.88h x 8.75w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018","brand":"Martin Br?kner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985668178175,"sku":"9781469632605","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b858c53-4554-401f-8464-1d210d6094c7.jpg?v=1683278864","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-social-life-of-maps-martin-brckner-9781469632605","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}