Mapping America's Past: A Historical Atlas (Henry Holt Reference Book) - Hardcover

Carnes, Mark C.; Garraty, John A.; Williams, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805049274 ISBN 13: 9780805049275

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co., 1996

Synopsis

A historical atlas about people and ideas. Its themes range from exploration, colonization, wars, and political movements to issues such as family and gender relations, ethnicity, class, education, religion, demography, and disease. Each of the 120 full-color double-page spreads considers a historical debate or theme in detail, supported by graphs and illustrations and bound together by an authoritative text.

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Review:

Mapping America's Past: A Historical Atlas, by Mark C. Carnes and John A. Garraty, covers all things American: atmospheric changes over 18,000 years, the arrival, heyday, and destruction of Native American communities, and the politics of expansion, segregation, and isolationism. Many moments of American history--from slavery to Jewish immigration, cholera to race riots, the birth of the working class to moon rockets--are attentively detailed. Especially impressive is the balance between formative events (such as the Civil War), lesser-known movements (American socialism between 1901 and 1920), and neighborhood vignettes (such as the making of black Harlem). --Stephanie Gold

From Booklist:

This is an invaluable resource tool for specialists and an enjoyable, information packed work for general readers with an interest in American history. The maps illuminate often obscure aspects of our history that are rarely covered in general atlases. One can track everything from fertility rates on the western frontier to the ravages of Spanish influenza in 1918. The maps are generally in vibrant colors and are supplemented by lucid and sharply analytical text. In sum, this atlas provides a comprehensive look at the social, economic, and political forces that have shaped the American past and present. Jay Freeman

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0805049274
• ISBN 13: 9780805049275
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288