LEADER 03200oam 22004574a 450 001 9910524689703321 005 20210915045220.0 035 $a(CKB)4100000010460823 035 $a(OCoLC)1102419654 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78643 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010460823 100 $a20190524e20192002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBeacon Hill$eThe Life and Times of a Neighborhood /$fMoying Li-Marcus ; [new foreword by Jeffrey E. Klee] 210 $cNortheastern University Press 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource xvi, 176 pages) : $cillustrations (some color), map 300 $aOpen access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program. 300 $aThe text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License 300 $aReprint of 2002 edition with new foreword. 311 $a1-55553-877-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 153-165) and index. 327 $aA New Vision for an Old Hill, 1630-1900 -- The Shawmut Peninsula -- When Patriots Gathered -- The Mount Vernon Proprietors -- Moving Mountains--Literally -- Enclave of Charm: Louisburg Square -- "Brahmins" on the South Slope -- Sliding Fortunes -- The North Slope -- America's First Black Church -- The Fight against Slavery -- Beacon Hill Bohemian -- The Beacon Hill Renaissance, 1900-1930 -- "Streetfighter": Marian Nichols -- Real Estate Savvy: The Codmans -- Architectural Passion: Frank A. Bourne -- Launching the Beacon Hill Association -- A Gentleman and a "Bull Dog": Arthur D. Hill -- Developers, Beware -- A Tale of Two Main Streets -- Enter the Automobile -- The "Lost Generation" -- Christmas on the Hill -- War & Peace, 1940-1950 -- Japanese and Other "Strangers" -- Return of the GI -- The Brick Savers Ride Again -- Mothers against Storrow Drive -- Nowhere to Go but Down -- West End Story -- A Hill for History -- Reinventing Beacon Hill, 1960-2000 -- Awakenings -- Battle for the North Slope -- Today's Interior, Yesterday's Wall -- Town and Gown -- The Summer of Love -- The '60s Generation Digs In -- Hill House -- Charles Street Fair -- Small Miracles -- Beacon Hill Village in the New Millennium. 330 $aAn insightful study of urban transformation recalls four centuries in the life of Boston's most famous neighborhood, tracing social, economic, and political changes in the community. Originally published by Northeastern University Press in 2002. With a new foreword by Jeffrey E. Klee. 607 $aMassachusetts$zBoston$zBeacon Hill$2fast 607 $aMassachusetts$zBoston$2fast 607 $aBoston (Mass.)$xHistory 607 $aBeacon Hill (Boston, Mass.)$xHistory 608 $aHistory. 608 $aElectronic books. 700 $aLi-Marcus$b Moying$f1954-$01203251 702 $aKlee$b Jeffrey E. 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524689703321 996 $aBeacon Hill$92777443 997 $aUNINA