No Dig, No Fly, No Go: How Maps Restrict and Control

by Mark Monmonier

Book Overview

Some maps help us find our way; others restrict where we go and what we do. These maps control behavior, regulating activities from flying to fishing, prohibiting students from one part of town from being schooled on the other, and banishing certain individuals and industries to the periphery. This restrictive cartography has boomed in recent decades as governments seek regulate activities as diverse as hiking, building a residence, opening a store,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226534685
• ISBN13: 9780226534688
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 8.9"