From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow : how maps name, claim, and inflame /

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Author / Creator:	Monmonier, Mark S.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 215 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Names, Geographical -- United States -- Etymology. Names, Geographical -- Etymology. Toponymy. English language -- Etymology -- Names. English language -- Obscene words. Obscene words. English language -- Etymology -- Names. English language -- Obscene words. Names, Geographical -- Etymology. Toponymy. Obscene words. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11197430

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ISBN:	9780226534640 0226534642 0226534650 9780226534657 1282094262 9781282094260 0226534650 9780226534657
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-199). Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	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 standards of decorum. But later, 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. From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse.
Other form:	Print version: Monmonier, Mark S. From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2006 0226534650 9780226534657
Standard no.:	9780226534657

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