Harper Tom, Bryars Tim. A History of the Twentieth Century in 100 Maps

University Of Chicago Press, 2014. — 224 p. — ISBN: 022620247X.The twentieth century was a golden age of mapmaking, an era of cartographic boom. Maps proliferated and permeated almost every aspect of daily life, not only chronicling geography and history but also charting and conveying myriad political and social agendas. Here Tim Bryars and Tom Harper select one hundred maps from the millions printed, drawn, or otherwise constructed during the twentieth century and recount through them a narrative of the century’s key events and developments.