Gateway to vacationland
Subtitle: the making of Portland, Maine
By: John F. Bauman
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781558499096; 9781558499089
Subjects: History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From beleaguered outpost to booming port city, 1632/1860; title: Civil War, the great fire, and re-shaping Portland's urban image; title: J.B. Baxter's city: from seaport entrepot to port of call, 1882/1896; title: Urban growth, urban problems, and a new vision of the city beautiful: Portland as a progressive city, 1893/1915; title: The sunrise gateway in Depression and war; title: Postwar Portland, 1943/1965; title: The gateway reborn, 1965/1985; title: Conclusion: service city, tourist city, modern Portland.