Judith A. Tyner

Stitching the World: Embroidered Maps and Women's Geographical Education (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The period from the late eighteenth century until about 1840 coincided with major changes in educational theories and practices, especially for girls, and this book uses needlework maps and globes to chart a broader discussion of women's geographic education. In this light, map samplers and embroidered globes represent a transition in women's education from 'accomplishments' in the eighteenth century to challenging geographic education and conventional map drawing in schools and academies of the second half of the nineteenth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351897853
• Artikelnr.: 49354628

Autorenporträt

Judith A. Tyner, is Professor Emerita at California State University, Long Beach, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface; Introduction; In the beginning was the sampler; British Isles traditions; Stitching a new nation; The world in silk; Needles and pens; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Rezensionen

"Overall, Tyner's research is fascinating (embroidered silk globes!), a combination of occasionally detective-like research and curious material culture. The work can be beneficial both for pleasure reading and for the classroom." - Rebecca A. Buller, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

"[T]he book's tables and visual documentation offer a new resource for students interested in the material culture of cartography and education history." - Martin Brückner, University of Delaware, USA, Journal of Historical Geography 55

"This volume has much to recommend it. First, it legiti-mizes the place of map samplers as an important part of history of cartography. Second, it gives recognition to the contributions of young women to the history of cartogra-phy. Third, the book is structured to have a wide appeal, so as non-cartographers pick up this volume, a new audience will be introduced to the fascinating discipline of cartog-raphy. And finally, I think it will encourage others-my-self included-to search for embroidered maps in their local communities, and will ultimately make it possible to find many more embroidered map masterpieces in muse-ums and historical societies and attics." - Karen M. Trifonoff, Professor Emerita,Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Journal Cartographic Perspectives