This is dated as circa 1800-perhaps supplied by the library in which this unusual item rests-but as it shows three main railway stations, it must be several decades later in the 1850s! ![]() It does not get off to a good start in the Introduction which displays a map-a game for adults, 'The Road to Wealth. This review will provide a brief overview and examples of the maps illustrated. London Change and Growth (67 pages) the second, Serving the City (80 pages) the third, Living in the City (30 pages) and the last, Imagining London (40 pages). It is divided into four main sections and 20 sub-sections within, each section having somewhat different lengths. This large, heavy and lavishly illustrated book in oblong folio (11.6 *9.8 * 1.2 inches) containing, at this reviewer's count, 146 maps and illustrations and 278 pages, adds to a large recent literature on London and its never-ending story. In doing so he has produced a work which, though comprehensive and well presented, will frustrate those who consider themselves map specialists. In many ways he seems to view the maps as large illustrations to a running commentary on the growth and change of the 'Great Wen'. He approaches maps in a way different than that of a cartographer, historian or historical geographer. There is a 40% discount to CIG members for 14.97 / $27.00, email: author is a practicing architect and creator of Mapping England, 2008, and Mapping New York, 2009. Making Sense of the City, by Simon Foxell, 2010, Black Dog Publishing Ltd., 10a Acton Street, London WC1X 9NG, UK, ISBN13: 978-1-90, 278p., with 300 b/w and colour illustrations.
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