Recent Literature Human Anatomy . A complete systematic treatise by various authors, including a special section on Surgical and Topographical Anatomy. Edited by Henry Morris, M.A. and M.B., Surgeon to, and Lecturer on Surgery (formerly Lecturer on Anatomy) at, the Middlesex Hospital, etc. Illustrated by 791 woodcuts, 214 of which are printed in colors. Philadelphia: P. B. Blakiston, Son & Co. 1893.

1893 ◽  
Vol 128 (26) ◽  
pp. 653-654
Keyword(s):  
Recent Literature ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Human Anatomy ◽  
Middlesex Hospital ◽  
Topographical Anatomy

Introduction: Cities on Paper: On the Materiality of Paper in Urban Planning

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Kyung Lee ◽  
Sean Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Special Section ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Written Information ◽  
Modern Cities ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries

This introduction to this special section, “Cities on Paper: On the Materiality of Paper in Urban Planning,” explores the vital role played by paper documents in the practice of urban planning linked to the shaping of modern cities in Europe and the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This introductory essay considers recent literature on the materiality of paper to show the significance of examining the visual and written information transcribed on its surface in concert with assessing how it has been assembled, organized, reproduced, circulated, distributed, and archived. By exploring such uses of paper documents in urban planning practices, such cartography, arboriculture, maintenance, and the production and dissemination of expert knowledge, the five essays in this section demonstrate the relevance of the material culture of paper within the municipal and national bureaucracies that spearheaded dramatic urbanization campaigns in modern cities.

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