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From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame
From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow How Maps Name Claim and Inflame
Author: Mark Monmonier
Brassiere Hills, Alaska. Mollys Nipple, Utah. Outhouse Draw, Nevada. In the early twentieth century, it was common for towns and geographical features to have salacious, bawdy, and even derogatory names. In the age before political correctness, mapmakers readily accepted any local preference for place names, prizing accurate representation over ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226534664
ISBN-10: 0226534669
Publication Date: 9/15/2007
Pages: 230
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
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