| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Writing the Wonderlands of Arizona -- Contextualizing Arizona's Cartographic Illustrations, 1912-1962 -- Adopted Identities : Map-makers, Map Users, and Illustrated Roles -- Rewriting Time : Illustrated Cartography and Arizona's Temporal Landscape -- Crowded Spaces : "How We Filled in the Map" -- Cartographic Narratives of Place : Writing Stories onto Arizona Landscapes -- Cartographic Narratives of Cultural Exoticism : Stories with Local Color -- Conclusion : Rereading Arizona as a Wonderland -- Appendix : Popular Cartographers of Arizona, A Biographical Catalogue |
| Summary |
This book explores popular, illustrated maps of Arizona as a tourism destination, investigating the relationship between landscapes, visual culture, and narratives of place. These aesthetically appealing maps offer tourists an Arizona landscape at once historical and imaginary - just as their makers intended |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Geography -- Arizona
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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Economic history.
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Geography.
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Historical geography.
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Social conditions.
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| SUBJECT |
Arizona -- Historical geography -- Maps
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Arizona -- Economic conditions -- Maps
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Arizona -- Social conditions -- Maps
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Arizona -- Maps
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| Subject |
Arizona.
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| Genre/Form |
atlases.
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Atlases.
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Maps.
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Atlases.
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Atlas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816509324 |
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0816509328 |
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9780816599912 |
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0816599912 |
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1299384501 |
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9781299384507 |
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