Map of France Showing the Important Economic Centers
- Title:
- Map of France Showing the Important Economic Centers
- Alternate Title:
- Map of France Showing the Important Economic Centers
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Brown Brothers & Co.
- Date:
- 1919
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 1208.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_1208_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1900 - 1919
- Subject:
- Money & Finance
World War I
Advertising & Promotion - Measurement:
- 32 x 24 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- Brown Brothers, a financial institution with long-standing ties to France, published this map as part of a pamphlet on French reconstruction following World War I. The map of France shows that most of the "Important Economic Centers" are south and west of the areas devastated by the War, and the pamphlet talks repeatedly about the energy and determination the French have brought to the reconstruction of transportation, housing, agriculture and industry. Economic matters are discussed at length, including revenues, expenditures, taxation, saving, debt and "Position of the French Government Bonds," which are said (at 17) to demonstrate "an unusual degree of stability even in times when the affairs of the French Nation were at a crisis." The pamphlet concludes (at 34-35) that while French will "surely" recover from the War and "should become greater even than before, . . . the more rapidly this restoration cam be accomplished, the greater the advantage to America and to the world as a whole. To the people of the United States is given the opportunity of lending their help and resources to bridge the transition period and thereby to bring about in comparatively little time the complete restoration."
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact - Source:
- Brown Brothers & Co. 1919. France - The Reconstruction 1919. New York: Brown Brothers & Co.
- Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.