Vaughan, LS;
(2018)
Mapping Society: The Spatial Dimensions of Social Cartography.
[Book].
UCL Press: London, UK.
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Abstract
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, to 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, crime science, and urban planning, chart spatial data in their current practice. Containing examples of space syntax analysis alongside full colour maps and photographs, this volume will appeal to all those interested in the long-term forces that shape how people live in cities.
| Type: | Book |
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| Title: | Mapping Society: The Spatial Dimensions of Social Cartography |
| ISBN-13: | 9781787353053 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781787353053 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787353053 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Text © Laura Vaughan, 2018 Images © Copyright holders named in captions, 2018 This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Attribution should include the following information: Vaughan, L. 2018. Mapping Society: The Spatial Dimensions of Social Cartography. London, UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111. 9781787353053 Further details about Creative Commons licenses are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
| Keywords: | Cartography, Mapping, Society, Social Cartography |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Architecture |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10056449 |
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