Mapping Boston / edited by Alex Krieger and David Cobb with Amy Turner ; contributing essays by Davi...
Mapping Boston / edited by Alex Krieger and David Cobb with Amy Turner ; contributing essays by Davi...
Mapping Boston / edited by Alex Krieger and David Cobb with Amy Turner ; contributing essays by David Bosse ... [et al.] ; vignettes accompanying the plates, Anne Mackin ; map descriptions, Nancy S. Seasholes and David Cobb.
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Publisher
[Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press], c1999.
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NF912.74461/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 278 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 30 x 31 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Norman B. Leventhal -- Introduction: Revealing a City/Exploring Its Maps / Alex Krieger -- I. Shaping Boston. 1. A Brief History of Boston / Sam Bass Warner, Jr. 2. Diagramming the Growth of Boston / Nancy S. Seasholes and Amy Turner -- II. Mapping New England: A Region and City Come into...
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Publisher
[Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press], c1999.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c1999.
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Summary
"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."--BOOK...
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Full title
Mapping Boston / edited by Alex Krieger and David Cobb with Amy Turner ; contributing essays by David Bosse ... [et al.] ; vignettes accompanying the plates, Anne Mackin ; map descriptions, Nancy S. Seasholes and David Cobb.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-254) and indexes.
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NF912.74461/1
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74VvgaMbwxeX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvgaMbwxeX
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ISBN
0262112442 (hc. : alk. paper)
9780262112444 (hc. : alk. paper)
DDC
912.74461
MMS ID
991012287319702626
