History of cities in maps / Philip Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Philip, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City and town life--History--Maps.

City and town life.

City planning--History--Maps.

City planning.

Human geography--History--Maps.

Human geography.

Sociology, Urban--History--Maps.

Sociology, Urban.

Cartography--History.

Cartography.

Historical geography--Maps.

Historical geography.

Physical Description:

224 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bishopbriggs, Glasgow : Collins, 2024.

Summary:

"From cities founded on sacred places, ideas and power, to early attempts at town planning and later developments such as public transport and skyscrapers, maps have always played a crucial role in documenting urban progress. Spanning more than 4,500 years, this book expertly curates over 70 historical maps which together tell the fascinating story of human civilization. Maps include: Mohenjo-daro c. 2500 BC, Rome AD 203, Baghdad 762, Constantinople 1422, Tenochtitlán 1524, New York 1660, Liverpool 1765, Adelaide 1837, Brasília 1960, Christchurch 2011."-- Back cover.

Contents:

Map of city locations

Introduction

Cities get healthy : Mohenjo-daro, c. 2500 BC

City of the tower : Babylon, c. 600 BC

Theatre of dreams : Athens, c. 400 BC

Planning the town : Priene, c. 350 BC

Hero city : Alexandria, 331 BC & 1910

The eternal city : Rome, AD 203

A tale of two plans : Baghdad, 762

City of the Silk Road : Chang'an, c. 800

Holy City : Jerusalem, c. 1100

Eternal capital : Constantinople, 1422

Between the classics and Christianity : Rome, 1474

From marsh to megalopolis : Tenochtitlán, 1524 & Mexico City, 2024

River city : Paris, 1550

City of many faces, Cairo, 1572

Renaissance city : Florence, 1572

City of the panther : Cusco, 1574

The oldest city in the world? : Damascus, 1575

Trading Leviathan : Venice, 1585

Trading state : Hamburg, 1585

The perfect city : Palmanova, 1598

Viking port : Dublin, 1610

An imperial city find its way : Kyoto, c 1626

Northern powerhouse : Stockholm, 1640

Half the world in a square : Isfahan, 1657

War and disorder : New York, 1660

Palace as power : Moscow, 1662

A city forged in fire : London, 1680

Two hundred years of solitude : Nagasaki, 1680

From company town to regional powerhouse : Jakarta, 1681

Global island : Mumbai, 1685

Moderation and power : Amsterdam, 1701

Heart of the Habsburgs : Vienna, 1710

Imperial centre : Madrid, c. 1715

The politics of language : Québec City, 1744

A capital deposed : St. Petersburg, 1753

Earthquake city : Lisbon, 1755 & 1833

The cost of prosperity : Liverpool, 1765

Athens of the north : Edinburgh, 1765

The end of enlightenment : Berlin, 1773

Cradle of revolution : Boston, 1775

Back to nature : Seoul, c. 1795

Birth of a capital : Washington, DC, 1795

From garden to city : Cape Town, 1795

Let there be light : London, 1807

Possession & dispossession : Sydney, 1814 & 2024

Defenestrations & liberations : Prague, 1816

City of parklands : Adelaide, 1837

The power of industry : Manchester, 1851

City on top of the world : Bogotá, 1852

Remodeling a city : Paris, 1857

Africa's largest city : Lagos, 1887 & 2024

The power of a name : Beijing, 1888

City of angels, city of dreams : Los Angeles, 1891

Skyscraper city : Chicago, 1892

Fever dreams : Rio de Janeiro, 1895

New for old : Delhi, 1912

Caught between two worlds : Kyiv, 1914

The plan meets reality : Brasilia, 1960 & 2010

Divided cities : Berlin, 1961 & Nicosia, 1974

Underground city : Tokyo, 1964

Giant in the desert : Dubai, 1984 & 2024

Informal city : Dharavi, Mumbai, 2011

The power of nature : Christchurch, 2011

Megacity : Chongqing, 2023 & 1944

Future city : Oceanix Busan.

ISBN:

9780008671815

0008671818

OCLC:

1464741239