Upper Left Cities - A Cultural Atlas of San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle

Zusatztext "The graphics are the key to the book: creative, eye-catching, and sometimes weird (at least one is stitched in needlepoint). But the overall effect is a kind of visual almanac that presents information you can take, interpret, or commit to memory as you wish. This is a digestible way to consume numbers and data points; there is an art to it. The data might not change your view of any of the three cities, but bits will stick to your mental socks like burrs. If you want urban detail and comparisons with 'sister' cities — especially in ways you never knew you wanted — this is a book for you." —Crosscut "The story of Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco, told through gorgeously illustrated maps." —Portland Monthly Informationen zum Autor HUNTER SHOBE is a cultural geographer and assistant professor at Portland State University. He holds a PhD in geography from the University of Oregon and has more than twenty years of experience researching the cultural, political, and economic dimensions of how people connect to places and environments. Past studies focused on diverse topics, including the role of Football Club Barcelona in constructing urban identity in Barcelona, and national identity in Catalonia. DAVID BANIS has managed the Center for Spatial Analysis and Research in the Geography Department at Portland State University since 2006, working with a wide variety of partners at the federal, state, and local levels. His work explores the diverse ways that cartographers can tell stories with maps, focusing on the mapping of nontraditional subjects. Klappentext From the authors of Portlandness comes Upper Left Cities, a new book that compares and contrasts San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle through innovative cartography. In 150 infographic maps, Upper Left Cities explores unexpected and diverse topics like lost jazz clubs, Japanese food, church bells, and graffiti through creative infographics leveraging forms like crossword puzzles and musical notation. Upper Left Cities redefines modern cartography by going into uncharted territory to create a narrative about three great cities through informative and detailed infographic maps. Who needs Rand McNally when you can explore a city by taking a trip through wildlife and city trails or by drilling down into your city's voting records, commutes, marathon routes, and food and drink patterns? Better yet, why not compare three great cities at once? The work of two geographers and their team, this cultural atlas includes more than 150 maps, each using data around a given topic and then translating that to a visual format that blends traditional cartographic skills with modern graphic design. A perfect blend of form and function, each map is meticulously and ingeniously designed. The collection of maps cover history, geography, social and economic issues, and pop culture, offering readers a visual, intellectually stimulating experience that they will want to dip into again and again. Leseprobe PREFACE This book grew out of our previous title,  Portlandness: A Cultural Atlas , in which we concentrated exclusively on the city where we live. After we finished the book, people asked us if there would be a sequel. Maybe another book about Portland? Or possibly one about other cities? We decided to do both. After spending years mapping and writing about one city, we resolved to compare cities. We were curious about how the big cities on the West Coast were alike and how they differed. Initially we wanted to include Oakland, California, and Vancouver, BC, but we decided to focus our efforts on San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle, the major West Coast cities in the northern part of the United States—or what we call the Upper Left. We attempt to blend academic and popular styles, which is a difficult balance to strike. We hope to bring academic research to people...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Banis, Hunter Shobe, Zuriel van Belle
• Verlag: Sasquatch Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781632171825
• ISBN: 978-1-63217-182-5
• Seiten: 224
• Abmessung: 210 mm x 262 mm x 21 mm
• Serie: Urban Infographic Atlases
• Thema: Reise > Reiseführer > Nord- und Mittelamerika