This is the third in a three-part series on the history of the infographic. This part, on charts, graphs, and the visualization of data, follows part one on the visual expression of ideas, and part two on maps and other depictions of space.
Elizabeth Della Zazzera is a historian of modern Europe and a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute. She was formerly the digital producer and Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow at Lapham’s Quarterly.