LEADER 04419nam 22007334a 450 001 9910454189703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-09426-2 010 $a9786612094262 010 $a0-226-53464-2 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226534640 035 $a(CKB)1000000000692825 035 $a(EBL)408290 035 $a(OCoLC)476228450 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000159027 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11151803 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000159027 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10149976 035 $a(PQKB)11672398 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000123124 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408290 035 $a(DE-B1597)523624 035 $a(OCoLC)1135584429 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226534640 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408290 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10303349 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL209426 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000692825 100 $a20050519d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow$b[electronic resource] $ehow maps name, claim, and inflame /$fMark Monmonier 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-53465-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [179]-199). 327 $aNaming and mapping -- The quest for a national gazetteer -- Purging pejoratives -- Body parts and risque? toponyms -- Going native -- Your toponym or mine? -- Erasures -- Inscriptions -- Epilogue : naming rites. 330 $aBrassiere 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. Thus, summits such as Squaw Tit-which towered above valleys in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and California-found their way into the cartographic annals. Later, when sanctions prohibited local use of racially, ethnically, and scatalogically offensive toponyms, town names like Jap Valley, California, were erased from the national and cultural map forever. From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow probes this little-known chapter in American cartographic history by considering the intersecting efforts to computerize mapmaking, standardize geographic names, and respond to public concern over ethnically offensive appellations. Interweaving cartographic history with tales of politics and power, celebrated geographer Mark Monmonier locates his story within the past and present struggles of mapmakers to create an orderly process for naming that avoids confusion, preserves history, and serves different political aims. Anchored by a diverse selection of naming controversies-in the United States, Canada, Cyprus, Israel, Palestine, and Antarctica; on the ocean floor and the surface of the moon; and in other parts of our solar system-From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow richly reveals the map's role as a mediated portrait of the cultural landscape. And unlike other books that consider place names, this is the first to reflect on both the real cartographic and political imbroglios they engender. From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow is Mark Monmonier at his finest: a learned analysis of a timely and controversial subject rendered accessible-and even entertaining-to the general reader. 606 $aNames, Geographical$zUnited States$xEtymology 606 $aNames, Geographical$xEtymology 606 $aToponymy 606 $aEnglish language$xEtymology$xNames 606 $aEnglish language$xObscene words 606 $aWords, Obscene 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNames, Geographical$xEtymology. 615 0$aNames, Geographical$xEtymology. 615 0$aToponymy. 615 0$aEnglish language$xEtymology$xNames. 615 0$aEnglish language$xObscene words. 615 0$aWords, Obscene. 676 $a910/.01/4 700 $aMonmonier$b Mark S$0276408 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454189703321 996 $aFrom Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow$92004125 997 $aUNINA