{"id":1788016,"date":"2019-10-31T16:35:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T20:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1788016"},"modified":"2019-10-31T16:41:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T20:41:11","slug":"the-atlas-of-boston-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/10\/the-atlas-of-boston-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The Atlas of Boston History"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>The Atlas of Boston History<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, edited by Boston historian Nancy S. Seasholes, came out last week from the University of Chicago Press<\/a>. It features 57 full-colour spreads\u2014for a complete list, plus some examples, go here<\/a>\u2014that trace the city\u2019s history from the post-glacial period to the present day through maps, photos, illustrations and accompanying text from three dozen different contributors. (The maps are original to this volume: this is a historical atlas, not a collection of old maps, in case that needs saying.) Looks impressive and interesting.<\/p>\n

Related: Map Books of 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Atlas of Boston History, edited by Boston historian Nancy S. Seasholes, came out last week from the University of Chicago Press. It features 57 full-colour spreads\u2014for a complete list, plus some examples, go here\u2014that… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[30,161,54],"class_list":["post-1788016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-history","tag-books","tag-boston","tag-cities","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1788091,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/11\/2019-holiday-gift-guide\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788016,"position":0},"title":"2019 Holiday Gift Guide","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 November 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Every year at about this time I post a gift guide that lists some of the noteworthy books about maps that have been published this year. 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