Book ID: CBB103799936

Mapping Society: The Spatial Dimensions of Social Cartography (2019)

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Vaughan, Laura (Author)


UCL Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 300
Language: English

From a rare map of yellow fever in eighteenth-century New York to Charles Booth’s famous maps of poverty in nineteenth-century London, an Italian racial zoning map of early twentieth-century Asmara, and a map of wealth disparities in the banlieues of twenty-first-century Paris, Mapping Society traces the evolution of social cartography over the past two centuries. In this richly illustrated book, Laura Vaughan examines maps of ethnic or religious difference, poverty, and health inequalities, demonstrating how they not only serve as historical records of social enquiry but also constitute inscriptions of social patterns that have been etched deeply on the surface of cities. The book covers themes such as the use of visual rhetoric to change public opinion, the evolution of sociology as an academic practice, changing attitudes to physical disorder, and the complexity of segregation as an urban phenomenon. While the focus is on historical maps, the narrative carries the discussion of the spatial dimensions of social cartography forward to the present day, showing how disciplines such as public health, criminology, and urban planning chart spatial data in their current practice.

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Review Christina E. Dando (2019) Review of "Mapping Society: The Spatial Dimensions of Social Cartography". Imago Mundi: A Review of Early Cartography (pp. 231-232). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Iorio, Elena
Akerman, James R.
DeShong, Rachel
Ramon Grau
De Grandis, Giovanni
Wilson, Sierra M.
Concepts
Science and society
Cartography
Maps; atlases
Public health
Urban planning
Geography
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
21st century
17th century
16th century
Places
Italy
Great Britain
United States
South Carolina (U.S.)
Edinburgh
Barcelona (Spain)
Institutions
Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
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