Research Catalog
London : a history in maps
- Title
- London : a history in maps / by Peter Barber ; with notes on the engravers by Laurence Worms ; edited by Roger Cline and Ann Saunders.
- Author
- Barber, Peter.
- Publication
- London : The London Topographical Society in association with the British Library, 2012.
Available Online
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-Map Div. DA677 .B35 2012 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Reference Room 117 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- viii, 380 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color); 25 x 32 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- London Topographical Society publication ; no. 173
- Uniform Title
- Publication (London Topographical Society) ; no. 173.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Maps.
- Note
- Based on an exhibition at the British Library in 2006-2007.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 374) and indexes.
- Contents
- The walled city 50-1066 -- London reborn -- 'Sweet, salutarie air' : London's countryside -- Out of sight : the east end and docklands -- The age of improvement -- The mean streets of Victorian London -- Metroland -- Maps in modern London.
- Call Number
- DA677
- ISBN
- 9780902087606
- 0902087606
- 9780712358798
- 071235879X
- LCCN
- 2016497392
- OCLC
- 788271785
- Author
- Barber, Peter.
- Title
- London : a history in maps / by Peter Barber ; with notes on the engravers by Laurence Worms ; edited by Roger Cline and Ann Saunders.
- Imprint
- London : The London Topographical Society in association with the British Library, 2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- London Topographical Society publication ; no. 173Publication (London Topographical Society) ; no. 173.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 374) and indexes.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Worms, Laurence.Cline, Roger.Saunders, Ann, 1930-2019.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Barber, Peter. London. London : The London Topographical Society in association with the British Library, 2012 (OCoLC)1085993996
- Research Call Number
- *R-Map Div. DA677 .B35 2012 +