Local Attachments
Subtitle: The Making of an American Urban Neighborhood, 1850 to 1920 (Creating the North American Landscape)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 22, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780801853937
Subjects: Cultural studies; Social history; Urban communities; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Massachusetts; Growth; Sociology; Sociology - Urban; Politics/International Relations; USA; Neighborhood; Landscape; Architecture / Landscape; City and town life; Boston; Cities and towns; History
First sentence: On the night of June 3, 1851, the residents of Jamaica Plain celebrated the birth of their new government, the town of West Roxbury, by firing cannons, burning bonfires on the hills, and shooting fireworks from the banks of Jamaica Pond.