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How to Lie with Maps
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Type.................: Ebook
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Originally published to wide acclaim, this lively, cleverly illustrated essay on
the use and abuse of maps teaches us how to evaluate maps critically and
promotes a healthy skepticism about these easy-to-manipulate models of reality.
Monmonier shows that, despite their immense value, maps lie. In fact, they must.
The second edition is updated with the addition of two new chapters, 10 color
plates, and a new foreword by renowned geographer H. J. de Blij. One new chapter
examines the role of national interest and cultural values in national mapping
organizations, including the United States Geological Survey, while the other
explores the new breed of multimedia, computer-based maps.

Table Of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction 1
2 Elements of the Map 5
3 Map Generalization: Little White Lies and Lots of Them 25
4 Blunders That Mislead 43
5 Maps That Advertise 58
6 Development Maps (or, How to Seduce the Town Board) 71
7 Maps for Political Propaganda 87
8 Maps, Defense, and Disinformation: Fool Thine Enemy 113
9 Large-Scale Mapping, Culture, and the National Interest 123
10 Data Maps: Making Nonsense of the Census 139
11 Color: Attraction and Distraction 163
12 Multimedia, Experiential Maps, and Graphic Scripts 174
13 Epilogue 184
Appendix: Latitude and Longitude 187
Selected Readings for Further Exploration 191
Sources of Illustrations 197
Index 199

Product Details

* ISBN: 0226534219
* ISBN-13: 9780226534213
* Format: Paperback, 222pp
* Publisher: University of Chicago Press
* Pub. Date: May 1991
* Edition Description: Frist
* Edition Number: 1

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