Janet, you mentioned you found some contenders.  What are they?  Lest you
are bombarded with the same books?

On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 9:03 AM Janet Reyes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello,
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> 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.”
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> 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.”
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> I’ve found a few contenders by searching around, but any recommendations
> you have on specific books would be greatly appreciated!
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> Thank you,
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> *Janet Reyes*
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