Over the past 2000 years London has developed from a small town, fitting snugly within its walls, into one of the world's largest and most dynamic cities. This book illustrates and helps to explain the transformation. Side-by-side with the great, semi-official but sanitised images of the whole city, there are the more utilitarian maps and plans of the parts - actual and envisaged - which perhaps present a more truthful picture. But the maps and panoramas are far more than topographical records. They all have something unique to say about them concerns, assumptions, ambitions and prejudices of Londoners at the time when they were created. The book reveals the 'inside story' behind one of the world's greatest cities.
- ISBN10 0902087606
- ISBN13 9780902087606
- Publish Date 4 September 2012
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 July 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint London Topographical Society
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 388
- Language English