Mapping Society: The Spatial Dimensions of Social Cartography - Softcover

Vaughan, Laura

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1787353060 ISBN 13: 9781787353060

Publisher: UCL Press, 2019

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Laura Vaughan is professor of urban form and society and director of the Space Syntax Lab, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

Edition details

• Publisher: UCL Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787353060
• ISBN 13: 9781787353060
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300