Mapping Wonderlands
Illustrated Cartography of Arizona, 1912-1962
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 30. May 2013
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-8165-0932-4 (ISBN)
Description
Mapping Wonderlands 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.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Tucson
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
66 photographs
Dimensions
Height: 257 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8165-0932-4 (9780816509324)
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Dori Griffin, a former Arizona Humanities Council Road Scholar, is an assistant professor of art and design at the University of Southern Mississippi.