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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778568203321

Autore

Warner Sam Bass <1928->

Titolo

Streetcar suburbs : the process of growth in Boston, 1870-1900 / / Sam Bass Warner, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 1978

ISBN

0-674-04489-4

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

711.4/5/0974461

Soggetti

Suburbs - Massachusetts - Boston

City planning - Massachusetts - Boston

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical notes and index.

Nota di contenuto

PART 1: A CITY DIVIDED 1. Who Built the Metropolis? 2. Common Ideas and Experiences PART 2: THE LARGE INSTITUTIONS 3. The Walking City 4. The Street Railways 5. Other Services to Home Builders 6. Common Patterns of Decision PART 3: THE THREE TOWNS 7. The Discipline of History and Geography 8. The Three Towns, 1870-1900 PART 4: A SELECTIVE MELTING POT 9. The Street Railway and Class Building Patterns 10. The 1900 Segregation PART 5: LEAVE OF SMALL PATTERNS 11. Central Dorchester 12. Tremont Street District 13. Roxbury Highlands PART 6: REGULATION WITHOUT LAWS 14. The Home Builders 15. The Grid Street and Frontage Lot 16. Suburban Architecture PART 7: THE CONSEQUENCES Appendix: A Local Historian's Guide to Social Statistics Appendix B: Tables Bibliographical Note Notes Index