ISBN: 9780262112444 - mapping boston (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. 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.…

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. (maps, cartography, US history, massachusetss, MA) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

hardcover. Zustand: Very GOOD. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VERY GOOD. 2nd printing. vERY LARGE unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. 12 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 7/8 inches. No wear to DJ or boards -bumped corners. Impressive in size and content of maps and portraits.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Edited by Alex Krieger and David Cobb with Amy Turner. N.p.: (The MIT Press, 1999). 278pp, Index. Fully illustrated in color and b&w. Green cloth. Book in fine condition, dj very good (front cover panel scuffed, tiny tears head of spine panel). Contributing essays by David Bosse, James Carroll, David Cobb, Alex Krieger, Barbara McCorkle, Nancy S. Seasholes, and Sam Bass Warner, Jr. ISBN 0262112442; Maps; 11.75 x 12.25 inches; 278 pages.…

Zustand: As New. 1999. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: As New. 1999. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. . . . .

hardcover. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. Illustrated. 278 pages, large oblong 4to., gray cloth boards, d.w., in shrinkwrap. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, (2001). New, sealed in original shrink wrap.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. 4to (30.5 cm), 290 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (tears top back of dust jacket, cloth of the back board scratched). An informative and beautiful exploration of the life and history of a city through its maps. 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.…