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How to lie with maps / Mark Monmonier.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.Edition: Third editionDescription: ix, 231 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780226435923 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 526 23
LOC classification:
  • G108.7 MON 2018
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-220) and index.

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.

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