From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow

In case you haven't heard, Mark Monmonier has a new book out: From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame. The University of Chicago Press website has published an excerpt from the section on Body Parts and Risqué Toponyms.

Here's a blurb from another well-know geographer...

“Mark Monmonier has done it again! By combining meticulous research with crystal-clear exposition, America's foremost geographic interpreter takes us on a riveting excursion across maps displaying legacies of racism, sexism, colonialism, imperialism, and other cultural and political offenses. In this brilliant and readable exposition, Monmonier ranges from hilltops in Arizona to orchards in Israel, proving forcefully that maps have consequences. This is an entertaining and indispensable resource for anyone who has wondered how certain names got on the map and why some of them are still there.”
—Harm de Blij, author of Why Geography Matters

via the University of Chicago Press