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 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : The London Topographical Society in association with the British Library, 2012.
Description
viii, 380 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 25 x 32 cm

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        Series
        • Publication (London Topographical Society) ; no. 173. [More in this series]
        • London Topographical Society publication ; no. 173
        Summary note
        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.
        Notes
        • Based on an exhibition at the British Library in 2006-2007.
        • Princeton copy 1 is 2013 printing
        Bibliographic references
        Includes bibliographical references (p. 374) and indexes.
        Contents
        • 1. The Walled city 50-1066
        • 2. London reborn
        • 3. 'Sweet, salutarie air': London's countryside
        • 4. Out of sight: the east end and docklands
        • 5. The age of improvement
        • 6. The mean streets of Victorian London
        • 7. Metroland
        • 8. Maps in modern London.
        ISBN
        • 9780902087606 ((LTS))
        • 0902087606 ((LTS))
        • 9780712358798 ((BL))
        • 071235879X ((BL))
        LCCN
        2016497392
        OCLC
        788271785
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