{"product_id":"the-world-in-terms-of-general-motors-richard-edes-harrison-persuasive-map-1938-p-8-006766","title":"The World in Terms of General Motors—Richard Edes Harrison—persuasive map 1938","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'The World in Terms of General Motors'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in Fortune in December 1938, Richard Edes Harrison’s The World in Terms of General Motors is a striking corporate cartogram: a data map in which conventional geography is subordinated to statistical display. Here the world is organized around General Motors’ industrial footprint. Spheres mark the locations of GM manufacturing and assembly plants and foreign warehouses, each sphere proportional to the “normal” number of workers employed at that facility; operations in which GM held under 50 percent were excluded. The result makes North America—especially Michigan and the industrial Midwest—visually dominant, while Europe, Latin America, Asia and Australia appear as extensions of a global production network. Harrison turns corporate geography into graphic evidence of industrial power and international reach.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52934518767963,"sku":"P-8-006766","price":130.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-006766a.jpg?v=1778179199","url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/fr\/products\/the-world-in-terms-of-general-motors-richard-edes-harrison-persuasive-map-1938-p-8-006766","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}