How to lie with maps / Mark Monmonier.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1996Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 207 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0226534200 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780226534206 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226534219 (paper : alk. paper)
- 9780226534213 (paper : alk. paper)
- G108.7 .M66 1996
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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BOOK | NCAR Library Foothills Lab | G108.7 .M66 1996 | 1 | Available | 50583010338741 |
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.