There is an open textbook from the Open Textbook Library that covers many
of the topics you mention: *Mapping, Society, and Technology* / Manson
(2017)
<https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/mapping-society-and-technology>
.

On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 8:03 AM Janet Reyes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>
> A faculty member in History has asked for recommendations for a book he
> could use for readings in an upcoming graduate seminar on “Nature, Space
> and Place in Historical Research.”
>
>
>
> He’s looking for suggestions for “short, easily digestible readings about
> scale, raster versus vector, choropleth maps, census data, and metadata” –
> possibly a book that includes these discussions as chapters. He wants to
> help the History graduate students “think about maps as sources, problems
> in their construction, how maps lie, etc., and how to bring historic maps
> into a GIS.”
>
>
>
> I’ve found a few contenders by searching around, but any recommendations
> you have on specific books would be greatly appreciated!
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
>
>
> *Janet Reyes*
> *Geospatial Information Librarian*
> UCR Library | University of California, Riverside
>
> P.O. Box 5900 | Orbach Library, Room 128
>
> Riverside, CA 92517-5900
>
> Office: 951.827.6421 | Fax: 951.827.2255 | [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> Web <https://library.ucr.edu/> | Facebook
> <https://www.facebook.com/ucrlibrary> | Twitter
> <https://twitter.com/ucrlibrary> | Instagram
> <https://www.instagram.com/ucrlibrary/> | YouTube
> <https://www.youtube.com/user/ucrlibraries>
>
> [image: cid:image001.png@01D7A4CC.F0051EB0]
>
>
>


-- 
Ryan Mattke
Map & Geospatial Information Librarian

Head, John R. Borchert Map Library <https://www.lib.umn.edu/borchert>
Adjunct Faculty, MGIS Program <http://cla.umn.edu/mgis>
Program Lead, Big Ten Academic Alliance Geospatial Information Network
<https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/btaa-gdp/>
Co-Director, Mapping Prejudice Project <https://mappingprejudice.umn.edu/>

Phone: 612.624.5757
Web: http://www.lib.umn.edu/borchert <https://www.lib.umn.edu/borchert>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8816-9289