Brückner, Martin,  1963- <br/><br/>
The social life of maps in America, 1750-1860 /Martin Brückner. 

 - Williamsburg, Virginia :  Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press,  Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ;  (c)2017. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introducing the social life of American maps --  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 --  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 --  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 --  Cartoral arts and material metaphors --  Price table-maps and their sales prices, 1755-1860 --  Inventory of 'John Melish geographer and map publisher'. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781469632612 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cartography--History.--United States<br/>Cartographers--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GA105  / .S635 2017