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How to lie with maps

Title
How to lie with maps / Mark Monmonier.
ISBN
9780226435923
022643592X
9780226436081
022643608X
Edition
Third edition.
Publication
Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Copyright Notice Date
©2018
Physical Description
ix, 231 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
Summary
An instant classic when first published in 1991, How to Lie with Maps revealed how the choices mapmakers make consciously or unconsciously mean that every map inevitably presents only one of many possible stories about the places it depicts. The principles Mark Monmonier outlined back then remain true today, despite significant technological changes in the making and use of maps. The introduction and spread of digital maps and mapping software, however, have added new wrinkles to the ever-evolving landscape of modern mapmaking. Fully updated for the digital age, this new edition of How to Lie with Maps examines the myriad ways that technology offers new opportunities for cartographic mischief, deception, and propaganda. While retaining the same brevity, range, and humor as its predecessors, this third edition includes significant updates throughout as well as new chapters on image maps, prohibitive cartography, and online maps. It also includes an expanded section of color images and an updated list of sources for further reading.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 14, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-220) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Elements of the map
Map generalization: little white lies and lots of them
Blunders that mislead
Color: attraction and distraction
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: a thicket of thorny choices
Image maps: picture that
Prohibitive cartography: maps that say "no!"
Fast maps: animated, interactive, or mobile
Epilogue.
Genre/Form
Maps.
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