Building a New Boston: Selected Essays of Sterling A. Brown

by Thomas H. O'Connor

Book Overview

"Here is one of the great stories in American urban history told by a great historian. In 1949, Boston was 'a hopeless backwater' . . . by 1970, a 'New Boston' had been created . . . Thomas O'Connor, the dean of Boston historians, brings to this tale of transformation rich learning, intimate familiarity with his subject, and a lucid sometimes witty pen." -- Jack Beatty, Senior Editor, Atlantic Monthly

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555532462
• ISBN13: 9781555532468
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"