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

Author: O'Connell, James C.

Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2013.

Descriptionxii, 326 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note:Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 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 (1820-2000) -- Postwar automobile suburbs (1945-1970) -- Boston redefines the center city (1945-2010) -- Interstates, exurbs, and sprawl (1970-2010) -- Smart growth era (1990-2010) -- Postscript: the coming era -- Bibliographical references -- Index.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-294) and index.

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