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Oxford: Mapping the City
Daniel Maccannell
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Description for Oxford: Mapping the City
Hardback. The latest book in Birlinn's bestselling Mapping the City series, this time mapping Oxford. Num Pages: 272 pages, Colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; HBJD1; HBTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 316 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1770.
Over the past four and a half centuries, the magnificent city of Oxford has been mapped for many reasons, few of which have involved the mere finding of one's way through the streets. Maps were produced as part of schemes to defend Oxford from rampaging Roundheads, raging floodwaters, and the ravages of cholera; to plan the new canals and bridges of the eighteenth century and the new railways, tramways and suburbs of the nineteenth; to determine and display changes in the city's political stature under the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1867; to aid police enforcement of the laws against ... Read more
Over the past four and a half centuries, the magnificent city of Oxford has been mapped for many reasons, few of which have involved the mere finding of one's way through the streets. Maps were produced as part of schemes to defend Oxford from rampaging Roundheads, raging floodwaters, and the ravages of cholera; to plan the new canals and bridges of the eighteenth century and the new railways, tramways and suburbs of the nineteenth; to determine and display changes in the city's political stature under the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1867; to aid police enforcement of the laws against ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Birlinn General
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780274003
SKU
V9781780274003
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Daniel Maccannell
Daniel MacCannell lives in Bristol, where he runs the Historical Detective Agency Ltd. He has studied Scottish, English, Dutch and French buildings, landscapes and townscapes for more than twenty years, and was awarded a Ph.D. in History and Art History by the University of Aberdeen in 2010. His previous books include Edinburgh: Mapping the City and Understanding Scottish Buildings.
Reviews for Oxford: Mapping the City
'The increasing detail and vibrancy of maps show a parallel development - that of the city and of cartography itself - a must-have for anyone interested in either Oxford specifically, or maps in general'
Geographical Magazine
'Beautifully presented and contains much of interest even for readers familiar with Oxford and images of the city'
Oxoniensia
Geographical Magazine
'Beautifully presented and contains much of interest even for readers familiar with Oxford and images of the city'
Oxoniensia