The Cartographic Capital: Mapping Third Republic Paris, 1889-1934 - Couverture rigide

Olson, Kory

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1786940965 ISBN 13 : 9781786940964

Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Through official maps, this book looks at how government presentations of Paris and environs change over the course of the Third Republic (1889-1934). Governmental policies, such as the creation of a mandatory national uniform educational system that will eventually include geography, combined with technological advances in the printing industry, to alter the look, exposure, reception, and distribution of government maps. The government initially seemed to privilege an exclusively positive view of the capital city and limited its presentation of it to land inside the walled fortifications. However, as the Republic progressed and Paris grew, technology altered how Parisians used and understood their urban space. Rail and automobiles made moving about the city and environs easier while increased industrialization moved factories and their workers further out into the Seine Department. During this time, maps transitioned from reflecting the past to documenting the present. With the advent of French urbanism after World War I, official mapped views of greater Paris abandoned privileging past achievements and began to mirror actual residential and industrial development as it pushed further out from the city centre. Finally, the government needed to plan for the future of greater Paris and official maps begin to show how the government viewed the direction of its capital city. 

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kory Olson is Associate Professor of French at Stockton University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liverpool University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1786940965
• ISBN 13: 9781786940964
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible