Mapping Manifest Destiny - Chicago and the American West

Informationen zum Autor Michael P. Conzen is professor in and chair of the Committee on Geographical Studies at the University of Chicago. Diane Dillon is assistant director of research and education at the Newberry Library. Klappentext "An exhibition at the Newberry Library November 3, 2007-February 16, 2008" Zusammenfassung Published to coincide with an exhibition at Chicago's Newberry Library, this title charts the historic role maps have played in imagining, understanding, promoting, and expoliting the Western frontier of North America. It documents how maps encouraged Euro-Americans to see the West as a land of promise.

Product details

• Authors: Michael P. (EDT)/ Dillon Conzen, Michael P. Dillon Conzen, CONZEN MICHAEL P DILLON DIANE
• Assisted by: Michael P. Conzen (Editor), Conzen Michael P. (Editor), Diane Dillon (Editor), Dillon Diane (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2008
• EAN: 9780911028812
• ISBN: 978-0-911028-81-2
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 222 mm x 292 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Travel > Maps, city plans, atlases; HISTORY / Historical Geography, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, Cartography, map-making & projections, History of the Americas, Cartography, map-making and projections, Historical maps and atlases, Historical maps & atlases, US West, Western & Pacific Coast states