TY - BOOK AU - Monmonier,Mark S. TI - From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: how maps name, claim, and inflame SN - 9780226534640 (electronic bk.) AV - G105 .M66 2006eb U1 - 910/.01/4 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Names, Geographical KW - United States KW - Etymology KW - Toponymy KW - English language KW - Names KW - Obscene words KW - Words, Obscene KW - Noms géographiques KW - États-Unis KW - Étymologie KW - Toponymie KW - Anglais (Langue) KW - Noms KW - Mots obscènes KW - TRAVEL KW - Museums, Tours, Points of Interest KW - bisacsh KW - Hikes & Walks KW - Budget KW - Special Interest KW - Ecotourism KW - Parks & Campgrounds KW - Reference KW - Road Travel KW - Adventure KW - ინგლისური ენა KW - გეოგრაფიული სახელები ეტიმოლოგია KW - ტოპონიმიკა KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-199); Naming and mapping -- The quest for a national gazetteer -- Purging pejoratives -- Body parts and risqué toponyms -- Going native -- Your toponym or mine? -- Erasures -- Inscriptions -- Epilogue : naming rites N2 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=281559 ER -