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Author O'Connell, James C.

Title The Hub's metropolis : greater Boston's development from railroad suburbs to smart growth / James C. O'Connell.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Boston Metropolitan Area (Mass.) -- Economic conditions.
Cities and towns -- Massachusetts -- Boston Metropolitan Area -- Growth.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Cities and towns -- Growth. (OCoLC)fst00861781
Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
Massachusetts -- Boston Metropolitan Area. (OCoLC)fst01347189
Other Form: Print version: O'Connell, James C. Hub's metropolis. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2013 9780262018753 (DLC) 2012029442 (OCoLC)805831475
ISBN 9780262314060 (electronic bk.)
0262314061 (electronic bk.)
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