Newcastle Upon Tyne: Mapping the City - Mapping the City

This book takes an innovative approach to telling the history of Newcastle upon Tyne by focusing on the historic maps and plans that record its growth and development over many centuries.

About the author

Michael Barke was Reader in Human Geography at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, where he taught from 1974 until his retirement in 2016. His research interests include the demographic and urban history of the North East.
Brian Robson was Emeritus Professor at Manchester University. In 1983 he founded the Centre for Urban Policy Studies and published six books and well over 100 articles. After retiring he pursued a long-held interest in historic urban cartography. He died in June 2020. 
Anthony Champion is Emeritus Professor at Newcastle University and was a staff member in the university’s geography department and subsequently in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS).

Summary

This book takes an innovative approach to telling the history of Newcastle upon Tyne by focusing on the historic maps and plans that record its growth and development over many centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Barke, Michael Robson Barke, Barke Michael, Anthony Champion, Brian Robson, Robson Brian
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781780277264
• ISBN: 978-1-78027-726-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, HISTORY / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, Local History, Cartography, map-making & projections, Newcastle and Gateshead, Cartography, map-making and projections