Format:
VIII, 380 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., überw. Kt.
,
31 cm
ISBN:
071235879X
,
9780902087606
,
9780712358798
Series Statement:
Publication / London Topographical Society 173
Content:
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
Content:
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
Language:
English
Subjects:
Geography
,
English Studies
Keywords:
London
;
Vedute
;
London
;
Stadtplan
;
Vogelschaubild
;
Historische Karte
;
Geschichte 50-2006
;
Atlas
Author information:
Barber, Peter 1948-
Author information:
Worms, Laurence
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