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

O’Connell, James C.
Cambridge, Mass. da London, England : The MIT Press, ©2013.
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Notes:

  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • 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 (1820-2012) — Postwar automobile suburbs (1945-1970) — Boston redefines the center city (1945-2012) — Interstates, exurbs, and sprawl (1970-2012) — Smart growth era (1990-2012) — Postscript: the coming era.

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