AMS 302 - Pictographic Modernity in the United States

Institution:

Princeton University

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Description:

The American visual landscape is replete with graphics dedicated to encouraging and detailing the reform of city, country, housing, farming, factory work and housework, health, and culture. This seminar will study the history of the tabulation of statistical data and its graphic representation in the form of pictographs, charts, diagrams, plans, maps, and other methods of illustration and inscription. Students will gain a thorough understanding of how graphical methods influenced policy makers as well as the perception of reforms in the minds of the American public.

Credits:

0.00 - 4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.princeton.edu

Phone Number:

(609) 258-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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