From Squaw Tit To Whorehouse Meadow

How Maps Name, Claim, And Inflame

by Mark Monmonier
language: english
Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, September of 2007 ‧
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When sanctions prohibited local use of racially, ethnically, and scatalogically offensive toponyms, names like Jap Valley, California, were erased from the national and cultural map forever. This title considers the efforts to computerize mapmaking, standardize geographic names, and respond to public concern over ethnically offensive appellations.

From Squaw Tit To Whorehouse Meadow

How Maps Name, Claim, And Inflame

by Mark Monmonier

Property Description
ISBN: 9780226534664
Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
Release Date: September of 2007
Language: English
Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 17 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 230
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > History of America
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780226534664