
How to Lie with Maps by Mark Monmonier
by Christina
Nonfiction — print. University of Chicago Press, 1996. Originally published 1991. 207 pgs. Received from PaperBackSwap. Monmonier’s book is meant to teach readers how to evaluate maps critically through the promotion of a healthy skepticism about these easy-to-manipulate models of reality. To show how maps distort, Monmonier introduces basic principles of map-making (scale, projection, symbology) and gives examples of purposeful distortion for political and economic propaganda. Some of the antidotes are particularly funny. Map publishers have been known to deliberately […]
Categories: 2013 Reads, Abandoned, Cartography, Nonfiction • Tags: Mark Monmonier