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The Hub's metropolis : greater Boston's development from railroad suburbs to smart growth / James C. O'Connell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Connell, James C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--Massachusetts--Boston Metropolitan Area--Growth.
- Cities and towns.
- Boston Metropolitan Area (Mass.)--Economic conditions.
- Boston Metropolitan Area (Mass.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (341 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The evolution of the Boston metropolitan area, from country villages and streetcar suburbs to exurban sprawl and "smart growth.".
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Metropolitan Boston's Layers of Development; 2 Prelude to Suburbia: Traditional Village Centers and Proto-Suburbs (1800-1860); 3 Country Retreats (1820-1920); 4 Railroad Suburbs (1840-1920); 5 Streetcar Suburbs (1870-1930); 6 Metropolitan Parkway Suburbs (1895-1945); 7 Suburban Mill Towns (1820-2012); 8 Postwar Automobile Suburbs (1945-1970); 9 Boston Redefines the Center City (1945-2012); 10 Interstates, Exurbs, and Sprawl (1970-2012); 11 The Smart Growth Era (1990-2012); 12 Postscript: The Coming Era
- Exploring the Metropolitan Landscape: Recommended Sites by CommunityNotes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-31407-X
- 1-299-44328-1
- 0-262-31406-1
- OCLC:
- 834143019
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