Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
7-28-2020
Year of Publication
2020
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Arts and Sciences
Department/School/Program
Geography
First Advisor
Dr. Matthew W. Wilson
Abstract
Geographic representation and thinking has a long history in the American business world. This thesis examines the role of geographic representation and thinking in the fire insurance industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the Sanborn Map Company and in the development of site selection as a concept in the mid-twentieth century through the biography of William Applebaum. Through these case studies, I explore the relevance applied cartographic representations to the business world and the opportunities it presents towards advancing geography as a discipline.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2020.376
Recommended Citation
Swab, John, "RISKY BUSINESS: VISUALIZING AND HISTORICIZING THE ROLE OF GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION AND THINKING IN AMERICAN BUSINESS" (2020). Theses and Dissertations--Geography. 68.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/geography_etds/68
