Mapping Boston
$79.11
- Paperback
292 pages
- Release Date
24 August 2001
Summary
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 showi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262611732 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262611732 |
| Author: | Alex Krieger, David Cobb, Amy Turner, Norman B. Leventhal |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 292 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 24 August 2001 |
| Weight: | 1.68kg |
| Dimensions: | 292mm x 305mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Mapping Boston |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“We owe a collective thanks to the makers of Mapping Boston for creating a genuinely thoughtful assessment of Boston’s rich past.” - David Dixon, ArchitectureBoston
About The Author
Alex Krieger
Alex Krieger is Chairman of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a principal of Chan Krieger & Associates.David Cobb is Head of the Harvard Map Collection at the Harvard College Library.Amy Turner is a Boston-based architect.
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