Map Month 2024: Popular Promotional Cartography of the Southwest: The Art of Persuasion
History Colorado and Rocky Mountain Map Society present Popular Promotional Cartography of the Southwest: The Art of Persuasion with Dennis Reinhartz.
This presentation looks at how popular cartography (postcard maps, state road maps, chamber of
commerce maps, souvenir maps, and more) are used to promote (persuade/attract visitors) the
Southwest, its states, and its localities.
This presentation will take place in the Lanny and Sharon Martin Family Foundation Room on the 4th floor of the History Colorado Center.
About the Speaker
After a university career of over forty years and having retired in 2008, Dennis Reinhartz is now
an emeritus professor of history and Russian at The University of Texas at Arlington. He also
has taught at other colleges and universities, in America and overseas, and holds several teaching
awards. Dennis is the author or editor of fourteen books and numerous book chapters and
scholarly articles related to his fields of interest. He is past president of The Society for the
History of Discoveries, Arid Lands Studies Association, Western Social Science Association,
Historical Society of New Mexico, and Texas Map Society.
Event Links
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Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2378983-2
