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How to lie with maps /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monmonier, Mark S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Cartography.
Deception.
Table of 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.