Mapping It Out: Expository Cartography for the Humanities and Social Sciences

by Mark Monmonier

Book Overview

Writers know only too well how long it can take--and how awkward it can be--to describe spatial relationships with words alone. And while a map might not always be worth a thousand words, a good one can help writers communicate an argument or explanation clearly, succinctly, and effectively.

In his acclaimed How to Lie with Maps, Mark Monmonier showed how maps can distort facts. In Mapping it Out: Expository Cartography for the Humanities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226534170
• ISBN13: 9780226534176
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Good stuff

I picked this up, having an interest in the topic, and it proved to be a rather valuable resource in a few cartogrphic examples assembled for humanities classes.