Mapping Boston

Alex Krieger (Chan Krieger & Associates), David Cobb (Harvard College Library), Amy Turner (Chan Krieger & Associates) , Norman B. Leventhal (Mapping Boston Foundation, Inc.)

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English

MIT Press
24 August 2001

History of the Americas; Geographical maps (specialist); Cartography, map-making & projections

Series: Mapping Boston

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.

With: Amy Turner (Chan Krieger & Associates)
Foreword by: Norman B. Leventhal (Mapping Boston Foundation Inc.)
Edited by: Alex Krieger (Chan Krieger & Associates), David Cobb (Harvard College Library)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 292mm, Width: 305mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 1.683kg
ISBN: 9780262611732
ISBN 10: 0262611732
Series: Mapping Boston
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 24 August 2001
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Mapping Boston

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

Runner-up for American Association of Museums Museum Publications Design Competition Books Category 2000.
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