ISBN: 9780226079936

Churchman or merchant, soldier or sanitary engineer, everyone who lives in a city sees it differently. "Envisioning the City" explores how these points of urban view have been expressed i… Mehr…

Churchman or merchant, soldier or sanitary engineer, everyone who lives in a city sees it differently. "Envisioning the City" explores how these points of urban view have been expressed in city plans. Ranging from vertical plans to bird's-eye views, profiles, and three-dimensional models, these diverse maps all show cities "the way people want to see them." Whether a Chinese vertical city plan from the first millennium B.C. or a bird's-eye view appended to a fifteenth-century edition of Ptolemy's "Geography," the type of plan chosen and its focus reflected the aspects of a city that the map's creators wished to highlight. For instance, maps of seventeenth-century cities emphasized impregnable fortifications as a deterrent to potential attackers. And Daniel Burnham's famous 1909 Plan of Chicago used a distinct representational style to "sell" his version of the new Chicago. Although city plans are among the oldest maps known, few books have been devoted to them. Historians of cartography and geography, architects, and urban planners will all enjoy this profusely illustrated volume. Media > Book, [PU: University of Chicago Press]<

1998, ISBN: 9780226079936

Chicago, London, The University of Chicago Press, XIII, 181 p. Hardcover with dust jacket. Lediglich der Schutzumschlag ist berieben, sonst ein sehr gutes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / O… Mehr…

Chicago, London, The University of Chicago Press, XIII, 181 p. Hardcover with dust jacket. Lediglich der Schutzumschlag ist berieben, sonst ein sehr gutes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / Only the dust jacket is rubbed, otherwise a very good copy without annotations. - Contents Editor's Note Introduction David Buisseret 1 Mapping the Chinese City: The Image and the Reality Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt 2 Mapping the City: Ptolemy's Geography in the Renaissance Naomi Miller 3 Urbs and Civitas in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Spain Richard L. Kagan 4 Military Architecture and Cartography in the Design of the Early Modern City Martha Pollak 5 Modeling Cities in Early Modern Europe David Buisseret 6 The Plan of Chicago by Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett: Cartographic and Historical Perspectives Gerald A. Danzer Contributors Index. ISBN 9780226079936Kartographie 1998, [PU: University of Chicago Press]<

1998, ISBN: 9780226079936

University of Chicago Press, Hardcover, Auflage: 2nd ed. 192 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-07-09T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.7 kg, Social Sciences, Undergraduate & Postgraduate, Special … Mehr…

University of Chicago Press, Hardcover, Auflage: 2nd ed. 192 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-07-09T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.7 kg, Social Sciences, Undergraduate & Postgraduate, Special Features, Books, Books Global Store, Landscape, Architecture, Arts & Photography, Subjects, Urban & Land Use Planning, History & Criticism, Themes & Concepts, Social & Cultural, Higher Education, Education, Earth Sciences, Science, Nature & Maths, Cartography, Geodesy & Geographic Information Systems, Geography, History of Science, History & Philosophy, Scientific, Technical & Medical, Government & Politics, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Family & Social Groups, Sociology, Travel Atlases & Maps, Travel & Holiday, University of Chicago Press, 1998<