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London: A History in Maps
Peter Barber
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Description for London: A History in Maps
Hardcover. Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and helps to explain the transformation. Num Pages: 400 pages, Over 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 314 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2498. 400 pages, Over 400 colour illustrations. Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and helps to explain the transformation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBTP1. Dimension: 246 x 314 x 32. Weight: 2486.
Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and helps to explain the transformation. Side-by-side with the great, semi-official but sanitised images of the whole city, there are the more utilitarian maps and plans of the parts - actual and envisaged - which perhaps present a more truthful picture. But the maps and panoramas are far more than topographical records. They all have something unique to say about them concerns, assumptions, ambitions and prejudices of Londoners at the time when they were created. The book reveals the 'inside story' behind one of the world's greatest cities.
Product Details
Publisher
British Library
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
2241 g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780712358798
SKU
V9780712358798
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-31
About Peter Barber
Peter Barber is Head of Map Collections at the British Library. His many books include The Map Book (2005) and (with Tom Harper) Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art (British Library, 2010).
Reviews for London: A History in Maps
"[E]ndlessly absorbing. . . . [A] skillful balance between the city's shape-shifting actuality and the various fantasies, cherished by everybody from Christopher Wren to the Luftwaffe, of what the place, with a few crucial tweaks, might become."
"Times Literary Supplement" "Creatively designed and copiously illustrated, this beautiful and informative coffee table publication replicates an exhibition that was displayed at the British Library from November 2006 to March 2007. . . . This handsome publication will be a delightful and useful resource for a variety of audiences, including the general public; map collectors and bibliophiles; local and urban historians; and scholars interested in historical geography, urban geography and planning, and the history of cartography."
Ronald E. Grim, Boston Public Library "AAG Review of Books" "Highly recommended."
W. S. Rodner, Tidewater Community College "Choice" "The entire volume exceeds the author's expressed aspirations to present an honest and inclusive representation of London. I particularly appreciated the author's perspectives on the history of mapping, which includes analysis and documentation of the highly selective nature of maps and mapping throughout history. The analysis of the motives of cartographers and publishers in particular is outstanding, being something few other books of this type include and a worthwhile addition to any publication discussing the history of cartography."
Patti Day, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee "Cartographic Perspectives" "With each page, we witness London's horizontal and vertical expansion. The collected work of London's cartographers shows urban mass as a living entity, pushing forever outward. In its entirety, Mr. Barber's book captures this energy and sense of organic growth. . . . This is a coffee table book that deserves to be read and studied. . . . [A] beautiful and engaging book."
Darren Richard Carlaw "New York Journal of Books"
"Times Literary Supplement" "Creatively designed and copiously illustrated, this beautiful and informative coffee table publication replicates an exhibition that was displayed at the British Library from November 2006 to March 2007. . . . This handsome publication will be a delightful and useful resource for a variety of audiences, including the general public; map collectors and bibliophiles; local and urban historians; and scholars interested in historical geography, urban geography and planning, and the history of cartography."
Ronald E. Grim, Boston Public Library "AAG Review of Books" "Highly recommended."
W. S. Rodner, Tidewater Community College "Choice" "The entire volume exceeds the author's expressed aspirations to present an honest and inclusive representation of London. I particularly appreciated the author's perspectives on the history of mapping, which includes analysis and documentation of the highly selective nature of maps and mapping throughout history. The analysis of the motives of cartographers and publishers in particular is outstanding, being something few other books of this type include and a worthwhile addition to any publication discussing the history of cartography."
Patti Day, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee "Cartographic Perspectives" "With each page, we witness London's horizontal and vertical expansion. The collected work of London's cartographers shows urban mass as a living entity, pushing forever outward. In its entirety, Mr. Barber's book captures this energy and sense of organic growth. . . . This is a coffee table book that deserves to be read and studied. . . . [A] beautiful and engaging book."
Darren Richard Carlaw "New York Journal of Books"