City on the Penobscot
Subtitle: a comprehensive history of Bangor, Maine
By: Trudy Irene Scee
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 573
ISBN-13: 9781596291911
Subjects: Social life and customs; Economic conditions; City and town life; Social conditions; Social change; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [501]-557) and index.
Table of contents: title: City on the Penobscot, from a Massachusetts plantation to a Maine municipality : Bangor's early years, 1769-1834; title: How Bangor made a city of a town, 1834-1850; title: Transportation, overland and over the water, 1830s-1890s; title: Diverging city life, in peace and in war, 1850-1869; title: Adjusting to change, 1870s-1890s; title: Floods, fire, and modernity : Bangor enters the twentieth century, 1900-1920; title: Recovery and depression : Bangor in the 1920s and 1930s; title: Bangor reenters prosperity and then begins to soar, 1940-1960; title: Modernity continues : urban renewal and business growth in the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s; title: The heart of the city : changes and continuity in the local community, 1960s-2000s; title: List of Bangor mayors and city managers.