| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 207 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-198) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
To show how maps distort, Monmonier introduces basic principles of mapmaking, gives entertaining examples of the misuse of maps in situations from zoning disputes to census reports, and covers all the typical kinds of distortions from deliberate oversimplifications to the misleading use of color. |
| Subject |
Cartography.
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Deception.
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Cartography.
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Cartography. (OCoLC)fst00848025
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Deception. (OCoLC)fst00888968
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Deception. |
| ISBN |
0226534200 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780226534206 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0226534219 (paper ; alk. paper) |
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9780226534213 (paper ; alk. paper) |
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