Streetcar Suburbs: The Process of Growth in Boston, 1870-1900, Second Edition

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

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Sam B. Warner, Jr. is Visiting Professor of Urban History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Mr. Warner has given us a fine book, a lovely book, about the historic pattern of the housebuilding process in the suburbs...He has put to brilliant use the research resources he was able to find and evaluate. And, by means of his legwork and photography, he has added a nearly three-dimensional quality to his book. Journal of the American Institute of Planners With almost tender attention to detail and judicious selection of maps, charts, and especially photographs, Mr. Warner marks himself a "Boston-lover"...This volume helps to unfold further the layers of complexities that conceal in obscurity the development of the modern city...A masterly introduction to the subject. American Historical Review