maps as primary sources

Reading list for how to use maps in research

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Recently, a faculty member in History at the University of California at Riverside asked for book recommendations that he could use for readings in an upcoming graduate seminar on “Nature, Space and Place in Historical Research.” Janet Reyes, Geospatial Information Librarian at UC Riverside, asked for suggestions via the Map Librarian discussion list, Maps-L. Here is a list of titles that were shared via that discussion that may be of interest to readers of the AGS Library Blog. These titles will teach and/or demonstrate how to focus on maps and cartography, helping students think about maps as sources, problems in their construction, how maps lie, etc., and how to bring historic maps into a GIS.

Books

Anthamatten, Peter. 2020. How to Make Maps: An Introduction to Theory and Practice of Cartography.   ISBN-13: 978-1138067806, ISBN-10: 1138067806

Crampton, Jeremy. 2010. Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS. ISBN-13: 978-1405121736, ISBN-10: 1405121734

Field, Kenneth. 2018. Cartography. ISBN-13: 978-1589484399, ISBN-10: 1589484398

Gurney, Alan. 2004. Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation. ISBN-10: ‎ 0393050734, ISBN-13: ‎978-0393050738

Krygier, J, and D Wood. 2016. Making Maps: A Visual Guide for Map Design for GIS. Third ed. ISBN-13: 978-1462509980, ISBN-10: 9781462509980

Monmonier, Mark. Several books to choose from. https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/6040304.Mark_Monmonier

Tyner, Judith. 2014. The World of Maps: Map Reading and Interpretation for the 21st Century. ISBN-13: 978-1462516483, ISBN-10: 1462516483

Winchester, Simon. 2021. Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World. ISBN-10: ‎0062938339, ISBN-13: ‎978-0062938336

Digital Materials

Open textbook – Mapping, Society, and Technology / Manson (2017)

World Historical Gazetteer: https://www.whgazetteer.org/teaching/

From Joseph Kerski, Esri Education Manager: Course in modern web GIS: https://community.esri.com/t5/education-blog/a-complete-first-course-in-modern-web-based-gis/ba-p/1020548

Spatial Reserves: https://spatialreserves.wordpress.com

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