Bringing together scholars from around the world, this collection examines many of the historical developments in making data visible through charts, graphs, thematic maps, and now interactive displays. The contributors analyze this fascinating history through a variety of critical approaches, including visual rhetoric, visual culture, genre theory, and fully contextualized historical scholarship. "The present volume is a collection of ten essays on the subject, mainly written by humanities (especially English) professors. Given this fact, the focus is, as one might expect, on rhetoric and epistemology. (...) those individuals finding the perspective on the subject more in line with their own will be pleased by the 25-page annotated bibliography that is supplied, in addition to the 24 pages of cited works. Summing Up: Recommended." - C. Bauer, York College of Pennsylvania in CHOICE