The city as suburb
Subtitle: a history of Northeast Baltimore since 1660
By: Eric L. Holcomb
Edition: 1st ed
Series: Center books on American places
Publisher: Center for American Places; Distributed by the University of Virginia Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Sante Fe, N.M; Staunton, Va; [Charlottesville]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Suburbs -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History; Suburban life -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History; Northeast Baltimore (Baltimore, Md.) -- History; Northeast Baltimore (Baltimore, Md.) -- Social conditions; Baltimore (Md.) -- History; Baltimore (Md.) -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-257) and index
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Kathleen G. Kotarba.; title: Introduction.; title: Before there was a city, 1659-1781.; title: Creation of borderland communities, 1781-1852.; title: A thriving borderland region, 1852-1898.; title: The tentacles of the city.; title: Democratizing the suburban dream, 1898-1941.; title: Mainstreets.; title: Diversity in city suburbia: subdivisions mature into neighborhoods.; title: Walking through today, 1945-2005