London: A History in Maps

Peter Barber (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

400 Seiten

2012
The British Library Publishing Division (Verlag)
978-0-7123-5879-8 (ISBN)

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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.

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).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.9.2012
Zusatzinfo	Over 400 colour illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	311 x 232 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-7123-5879-X / 071235879X
ISBN-13	978-0-7123-5879-8 / 9780712358798
Zustand	Neuware