Cities of the World : a history in maps. / txt
Peter Whitfield.
- 1 atlas (208 p.) ill. (some col.) ; col. maps ; 32 cm. book
Includes index.
Include Bibliography
Contents: Introduction : the city in history -- Teotihuacan, a vanished city -- Alexandria -- Amsterdam -- Athens -- Bath -- Beijing -- Berlin -- Bern and Zurich -- Boston -- Bristol -- Calais -- Cambridge -- Cape Town -- Chicago -- Cologne -- Constantinople -- Cuzco -- Delhi -- Durham -- Edinburgh -- Florence -- Goa -- Helsingor -- Isfahan -- Jerusalem -- Karlsruhe -- Lhasa -- Lisbon -- Liverpool -- London -- Luxembourg -- Manchester -- Mantua -- Marseille -- Mexico City -- Moscow and St. Petersburg (Leningrad) -- Nagasaki -- Naples -- New York -- Oxford -- Palmanova -- Paris -- Philadelphia -- Quebec and New Orleans, the cities of New France -- Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia -- Rome -- Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) -- St. Andrews -- Salt Lake City -- Salzburg -- San Francisco -- Santo Domingo -- Savannah -- Seville -- Stockholm -- Sydney -- Tangier -- Venice -- Vienna -- Washington -- Würzburg -- Azilia and City of the Sun, unbuilt dream cities --
"Cities of the World traces the historic form and special character of the world's greatest cities through a collection of maps and panoramic views. Peter Whitfield focuses on more than sixty cities - from Athens to Brasilia, Washington to Moscow, San Francisco to Saigon, and Venice to Lhasa. He presents an extremely wide range of maps, historic prints, and photographs from many periods that show how the architectural form and the social life of our cities have been shaped - not only by their geographical setting, but also by religion, royal power, commerce, social ideals, and occasionally artistic vision. These images illustrate the historic heart of the cities: the ancient harbors, the hilltop fortresses, the encircling walls, and the houses, churches, and palaces that have been added over the centuries." --
9780520247253 0520247256 (cloth : alk. paper)
2005045003
Historical geography--Maps. Cities and towns in art Atlases Cities and towns--History.--Maps.