Boston firsts : 40 feats of innovation and invention that happened first in Boston and helped make America great / / Lynda Morgenroth
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Morgenroth Lynda
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Boston firsts : 40 feats of innovation and invention that happened first in Boston and helped make America great / / Lynda Morgenroth
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| Pubblicazione: | Boston, : Beacon Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 974.4/61 |
| Soggetto topico: | Inventions - Massachusetts - Boston - History |
| Soggetto geografico: | Boston (Mass.) History Miscellanea |
| United States Civilization Miscellanea | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- COMMERCE & -- INDUSTRY -- BAKER'S CHOCOLATE, 1765 -- READY-MADE SUIT, 1826 -- BANANA SHIPMENT, 1871 -- GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR, 1903 -- FILENE'S AUTOMATIC BARGAIN BASEMENT, 1909 -- MOLASSES FLOOD, 1919 -- COMMUNICATION -- NEWSPAPER , 1690 -- NOVEL, 1789 -- THOMAS ALVA EDISON AND THE ELECTRIC VOTE RECORDER, 1868 -- TELEPHONE, 1876 -- TV FOR THE DEAF, 1972 AND THE BLIND, 1990 -- SCIENCE & -- ENGINEERING -- SMALLPOX INOCULATION, 1712 -- ETHER, 1846 -- SUBWAY, 1897 -- KIDNEY TRANSPLANT, 1954 -- ART& -- ARCHITECTURE -- BOSTON LIGHT, 1716 -- TONTINE CRESCENT, 1794 -- USS CONSTITUTION, 1797 -- BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1854, 1858, 1895 -- ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER AND FENWAY COURT, 1903 -- RECREATION & -- CELEBRATION -- MADAM ALICE, 1672 -- HOTEL, 1829 -- YMCA, 1851 -- WORLD SERIES, 1903 -- FIRST NIGHT, 1976 -- INNOVATION & -- ADAPTATION -- ICE, 1806 -- BOSTON CREAM PIE, 1856 -- BOSTON TERRIER, 1860s-1870s -- FANNIE FARMER'S BOSTON COOKING-SCHOOL COOKBOOK, 1896 -- DUDLEY STREET NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE, 1988 -- GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, & -- LAW -- CHRISTMAS BAN, 1659 -- MASSACHUSETTS STATE CONSTITUTION, 1780 -- GERRYMANDER, 1812 -- SCHOOL INTEGRATION, 1849, 1855, 1954 -- MASSACHUSETTS FIFTY-FOURTH REGIMENT, 1863 -- SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, 2003 -- NATURE & -- THE ENVIRONMENT -- BOSTON COMMON, 1634 -- THE PUBLIC GARDEN, 1856 -- METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES, DAWN REDWOOD, 1948 -- BOSTON HARBOR CLEANUP, 1990-2000. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Boston firsts |
| ISBN: | 0-8070-7131-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822532503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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