Awards
- Winner of <PrizeName>Second Prize, 2000, American Association of Museums (AAM) publication competition.</PrizeName> 2000
- Winner of Second Prize, 2000, American Association of Museums (AAM) publication competition. 2000
- Winner of Second Prize, 2000, American Association of Museums (AAM) publication competition.</PrizeName> 2000
Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Alex Krieger (Chan Krieger & Associates) ,
David Cobb (Harvard College Library) ,
Amy Turner (Chan Krieger & Associates) ,
Norman B. Leventhal (Mapping Boston Foundation, Inc.)
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
Imprint: MIT Press
Dimensions:
Width: 30.50cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 29.20cm
Weight: 2.109kg
ISBN: 9780262112444
ISBN 10: 0262112442
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 31 August 1999
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
What a marvelous and immensely welcome book! The collection of maps is surpassing, and to have them so beautifully published in combination with such superb essays is cause for celebration for everyone who loves Boston and loves history. Mapping Boston is a perfect treasure. --David McCullough
Author Information
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.
