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A Cartobibliography of the Northern Daily Press
Civil War Newspaper Maps
A Cartobibliography of the Northern Daily Press
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Description
During the course of the Civil War, Northern daily newspapers printed over 2,000 separate maps depicting campaigns and military operations. Although they are important primary documents, these maps have been largely overlooked by historians and enthusiasts because of the difficulty in locating them. This cartobibliography is the first finding aid to the war's journalistic cartography. The book lists all known Civil War maps published in eighteen daily newspapers in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, New York, Philadelphia, and St. Louis. Entries consist of map title, scale, dimensions, author (when known), engraver (when known), and notes on sources of information and geographic coverage. Maps are grouped by newspapers, which are arranged alphabetically, and listed chronologically under each newspaper. A thorough geographic, subject, and personal name index provides access to the entries.
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Cartobibliography: Baltimore American and Commerical Advertiser
Boston Daily Journal
Chicago Daily Tribune
Chicago Evening Journal
Chicago Post
Chicago Times
Cincinnati Daily Commercial
Cincinnati Daily Enquirer
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Cincinnati Daily Times
Daily Missouri Democrat
Daily Missouri Republican
Daily Ohio State Journal
New York Herald
New York Times
New York Tribune
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Press
The Sun
The World
Appendix
Note for Users of the Index
Index
Product details
Published | 30 May 1993 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 288 |
ISBN | 9780313287053 |
Imprint | Greenwood |
Dimensions | 235 x 156 mm |
Series | Bibliographies and Indexes in Military Studies |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Bosse's bibliography is useful for studying 19th-century American journalism as well as military and geographic aspects of the war. Libraries with strong research collections in Civil War history or microfilm runs of at least some of the included newspapers should aquire it.
Choice
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…a competent work and historians may find it to be helpful and even interesting. The writing itself is so good that at times one might confuse it for a first-hand account. [An] invaluable tool for Civil War scholars.
Victorian Periodicals Review
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Civil War Newspaper Maps: A Cartobibliography of the Northern Daily Press compiled by David Bosse begins with scholarly papers that discuss map makers, developing newspaper map enterprise, map production, design and appearance, contemporary criticism, and the published record and map accuracy. Then, entries consists of map title, scale, dimensions, author and engraver (when known), and notes on sources of information and geographic coverage. The 2,000 maps published in 18 daily newspapers in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, New York, Philadelphia, and St. Louis are grouped by newspaper, arranged alphabetically, and listed chronologically. Bosse is curator of maps at the University of Michigan library.
Communication Booknotes Quarterly

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