American promotional road mapping in the twentieth century

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-192

  Akerman, James R ^a  

^a Newberry Library's D'Arcy McNickle Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile road maps; Consumers; Map marketing; Map publishing; Map use; Promotional cartography

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; HIGHWAY SERVICE AREAS; MAPPING; RAILROADS; ROADS AND STREETS;

PROMOTIONAL MAPPING;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; MAPPING; ROAD; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036629660     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304002782008459     Document Type: Article

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