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Mapping Boston (Paperback, New edition)
Alex Krieger, David Cobb; As told to Amy Turner; Foreword by Norman B. Leventhal
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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.
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