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How National Geographic Conquered American Culture

The magazine’s explosive growth mirrored the nation's emergence as a global empire.
by Susan Schulten, Matthew Wills via JSTOR Daily on June 1, 2026
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The Presidential Transition That Shattered America

A Trump-Biden transition is sure to be scary. But it’d be hard to beat Buchanan-Lincoln.
by Rebecca Onion, Susan Schulten via Slate
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on October 28, 2020

Emma Willard's Maps of Time

The pioneering work of Emma Willard, a leading feminist educator whose innovative maps of time laid the groundwork for the charts and graphics of today.
by Susan Schulten via The Public Domain Review on January 22, 2020

How Maps Reveal, and Conceal, History

What one scholar learned from writing an American history consisting of 100 maps.
by Susan Schulten via Process: A Blog for American History on September 13, 2018
Map of Western United States organized by watersheds

This 19th Century Map Could Have Transformed the West

According to John Wesley Powell, outside of the Pacific Northwest, the arid lands of the west could not be farmed without irrigation.
by Susan Schulten via The New Republic
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on June 9, 2014
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