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Item specifics

Condition
Like New: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket ...
Artist
Krieger, Alex [Editor]; Cobb, David [Editor]; Leventhal, Norman B
ISBN
0262112442
Book Title
Mapping Boston
Item Length
12.2in
Publisher
MIT Press
Publication Year
1999
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.9in
Author
Amy Turner
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Travel, Référence, History
Topic
United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (See Also Travel / Maps & Road Atlases), Cartography, Historical Geography, United States / Northeast / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Maps & Road Atlases (See Also Référence / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps)
Item Width
11.7in
Item Weight
73.8 Oz
Number of Pages
292 Pages

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Product Information

An informative--and beautiful--exploration of the life and history of a city through its maps. To the attentive user even the simplest map can reveal not only where things are but how people perceive and imagine the spaces they occupy. Mapping Boston is an exemplar of such creative attentiveness--bringing the history of one of America's oldest and most beautiful cities alive through the maps that have depicted it over the centuries.The book includes both historical maps of the city and maps showing the gradual emergence of the New England region from the imaginations of explorers to a form that we would recognize today. Each map is accompanied by a full description and by a short essay offering an insight into its context. The topics of these essays by Anne Mackin include people both familiar and unknown, landmarks, and events that were significant in shaping the landscape or life of the city. A highlight of the book is a series of new maps detailing Boston's growth. The book also contains seven essays that explore the intertwining of maps and history. Urban historian Sam Bass Warner, Jr., starts with a capsule history of Boston. Barbara McCorkle, David Bosse, and David Cobb discuss the making and trading of maps from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Historian Nancy S. Seasholes reviews the city's remarkable topographic history as reflected in maps, and planner Alex Krieger explores the relation between maps and the physical reality of the city as experienced by residents and visitors. In an epilogue, novelist James Carroll ponders the place of Boston in contemporary culture and the interior maps we carry of a city.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262112442
ISBN-13
9780262112444
eBay Product ID (ePID)
995009

Product Key Features

Book Title
Mapping Boston
Author
Amy Turner
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (See Also Travel / Maps & Road Atlases), Cartography, Historical Geography, United States / Northeast / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Maps & Road Atlases (See Also Référence / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps)
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Travel, Référence, History
Number of Pages
292 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
12.2in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
11.7in
Item Weight
73.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Age Range
18
Lc Classification Number
Ga430.M36 1999
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
"What a marvelous and immensely welcome book! The collection of maps is surpassing, and to have them so beautifully published in combination with such superb essays is cause for celebration for everyone who loves Boston and loves history. Mapping Bostonis a perfect treasure." -David McCullough
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
99-020991
Dewey Decimal
912.744/61
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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