Mapping the Nation: History and Cartography

Mapping the Nation by Susan Schulten reveals how nineteenth-century Americans transformed maps from simple illustrations into powerful analytical tools—mapping epidemic disease, climate and rainfall, slavery, census statistics, and the past—to shape public policy, national identity, and scientific understanding.

Richly researched and clearly written, the book shows how statistical and thematic mapping became central to governance, public health, urban planning, and commerce, and explains how this shift in spatial thought changed the way Americans saw themselves and their country.

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