Research Catalog

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Description

1. 367 pages : illustrations, maps, plans; 25 cm

Summary

1. What was the area of Amsterdam like, before Amsterdam actually came into being? Why are the alleys and streets in the center and in the Jordan diagonal, while straight in the canals between them? Is the Central Station in the right place? How big is Amsterdam actually? These and many other questions are addressed in this book, which is about 1000 years spatial history of Amsterdam.

Subject

1. City planning > Netherlands > Amsterdam
2. Architecture > Netherlands > Amsterdam
3. Architecture
4. Buildings
5. City planning
6. Stadtplanung
7. Stadtentwicklung
8. Amsterdam (Netherlands) > Buildings, structures, etc
9. Netherlands > Amsterdam
10. Amsterdam

Contents

1. The dam in the river -- 1000-1600 : Free extension -- 1600-1850 : Glory within the walls -- 1850-1900 : Disorder -- 1900-1970 : According to plan -- 1970-2012 : Your order is not our order -- How great is Amsterdam?

Call number

1. JQE 24-561

Note

1. First published 2012.
2. Previous edition published 2015.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-358) and index.

Author

1. Feddes, Fred, author.

Title

1. A millennium of Amsterdam : spatial history of a marvellous city / Fred Feddes.

Publisher

1. Bussum : Uitgeverij Thoth, 2019.

Copyright date

1. ©2012

Edition

1. Fifth revised edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-358) and index.

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1. Table of contents

ISBN

1. 9789068685954 (paperback)
2. 9068685953 (paperback)

Research call number

1. JQE 24-561