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How to Lie with Maps
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: Mark Monmonier
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-13 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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An updated edition of the “humorous, informative and perceptive” guide to how maps can lead us astray (Toronto Globe and Mail). An instant classic when firs
How to Lie with Maps
Language: en
Pages: 230
Authors: Mark Monmonier
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-05 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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"To show how maps distort, Monmonier introduces basic principles of mapmaking, gives entertaining examples of the misuse of maps in situations from zoning dispu
How to Lie with Maps
Language: en
Pages: 222
Authors: Mark Monmonier
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-10 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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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 promot
Maps and Civilization
Language: en
Pages: 362
Authors: Norman J. W. Thrower
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-11-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the presen
Mapping It Out
Language: en
Pages: 315
Authors: Mark S. Monmonier
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-06 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Monmonier shows authors and scholars how they can use expository cartography--the visual, two-dimensional organization of information--to heighten the impact of