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How to lie with maps / Mark Monmonier.

By: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1996Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 207 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0226534200 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226534206 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226534219 (paper : alk. paper)
  • 9780226534213 (paper : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • G108.7 .M66 1996
Contents:
Introduction -- Elements of the map -- Map generalization: little white lies and lots of them -- Blunders that mislead -- Maps that advertise -- Development maps (or, How to seduce the town board) -- Maps for political propaganda -- Maps, defense, and disinformation: fool thine enemy -- Large-scale mapping, culture, and the national interest -- Data maps: making nonsense of the census -- Color: attraction and distraction -- Multimedia, experiential maps, and graphic scripts -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Latitude and longitude.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab G108.7 .M66 1996 1 Available 50583010338741
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-198) and index.

Introduction -- Elements of the map -- Map generalization: little white lies and lots of them -- Blunders that mislead -- Maps that advertise -- Development maps (or, How to seduce the town board) -- Maps for political propaganda -- Maps, defense, and disinformation: fool thine enemy -- Large-scale mapping, culture, and the national interest -- Data maps: making nonsense of the census -- Color: attraction and distraction -- Multimedia, experiential maps, and graphic scripts -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Latitude and longitude.

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