ISBN:
9780262018753
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 326 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
DDC:
330.9744/61
Keywords:
Cities and towns Growth
;
Boston*Stadt*Geschichte
;
Boston Metropolitan Area (Mass.) Economic conditions
;
Cities and towns
;
Massachusetts
;
Boston Metropolitan Area
;
Growth
;
Boston Metropolitan Area (Mass.)
;
Economic conditions
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Metropolitan Boston's layers of development -- Prelude to suburbia : traditional village centers and proto-suburbs (1800-1860) -- Country retreats (1820-1920) -- Railroad suburbs (1840-1920) -- Streetcar suburbs (1870-1930) -- Metropolitan parkway suburbs (1895-1945) -- Suburban mill towns (1820-2000) -- Postwar automobile suburbs (1945-1970) -- Boston redefines the center city (1945-2010) -- Interstates, exurbs, and sprawl (1970-2010) -- Smart growth era (1990-2010) -- Postscript: the coming era -- Bibliographical references -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-294) and index
