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PublisherRizzoli International Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100847827437

ISBN-139780847827435

eBay Product ID (ePID)45399006

Product Key Features

Book TitleChicago in Maps : 1612-2002

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHistorical Geography, Maps & Road Atlases (See Also Reference / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps), United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)

Publication Year2005

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, History

AuthorRobert A. Holland

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight47.6 Oz

Item Length10.8 in

Item Width9.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal977.3/11

SynopsisChicago in Maps is a luxuriously illustrated cartographic history of Chicago, known for centuries as the gateway city to the West. The powerful and evocative documents reproduced here offer an unprecedented avenue to the city's past-a fascinating collective portrait of the evolution of one of America's great towns. Among the seventy-four maps featured, many are seminal exemplars of this timeless art form: the "Kinzie Map," which accompanied the Narrative of the Massacre of 1812; the Rand McNally "View of the World's Columbian Exposition" of 1893; Daniel Burnham's influential "Chicago Plan" of 1909, which epitomized the ambitions of the City Beautiful Movement; W. T. Stead's "Map of Sin"; and Bruce-Roberts' 1931 "Gangland Map"-a tongue-in-cheek "expos" of a city populated by such powerful underworld figures as Al Capone, "Baby Face" Nelson, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and others, indicating various gang territories and warehouses. Filled with fascinating historical anecdotes and detailed scholarship, Chicago in Maps is a work that will be highly prized by map lovers and history buffs alike. It is a sumptuous feast of glorious full-color reproductions of maps by the some of the world's most extraordinary cartographers., Chicago in Maps is a luxuriously illustrated cartographic history of Chicago, known for centuries as the gateway city to the West. The powerful and evocative documents reproduced here offer an unprecedented avenue to the city's past-a fascinating collective portrait of the evolution of one of America's great towns. Among the seventy-four maps featured, many are seminal exemplars of this timeless art form: the -Kinzie Map, - which accompanied the Narrative of the Massacre of 1812; the Rand McNally -View of the World's Columbian Exposition- of 1893; Daniel Burnham's influential -Chicago Plan- of 1909, which epitomized the ambitions of the City Beautiful Movement; W. T. Stead's -Map of Sin-; and Bruce-Roberts' 1931 -Gangland Map--a tongue-in-cheek -expose- of a city populated by such powerful underworld figures as Al Capone, -Baby Face- Nelson, -Machine Gun- Kelly, and others, indicating various gang territories and warehouses. Filled with fascinating historical anecdotes and detailed scholarship, Chicago in Maps is a work that will be highly prized by map lovers and history buffs alike. It is a sumptuous feast of glorious full-color reproductions of maps by the some of the world's most extraordinary cartographers.

LC Classification NumberF548