The Hub: Boston Past and Present

by Thomas H. O'Connor

Book Overview

From The Revolutionary War to the Big Dig, Boston and its people have played a colorful and often controversial role in shaping the nation's political, economic, and cultural landscape. Now Thomas H.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555534740
• ISBN13: 9781555534745
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Of that City on a Hill

Harvard University offered an adult evening course on the history of Boston. The course ran weekly for 2 hours during an entire academic year and it was expensive. This would seem to have parochial interest only; it didn't. When Thomas O'Connor held forth, the large lecture hall was filled. Doctor O'Connor is an inspired lecturer. The facts flowed orderly, abundantly and quite effortlessly into my spiral bounds. This was a refreshing experience that I have not so often encountered [and I have had lots of experience]. My interest in Boston began as a volunteer guide for Boston By Foot. It soon became clear that Boston has stories, legends, myths and scandals at every curb stone. The city is a walkable historical delight for those in the know. The colonial and maritime importance of Boston can not be overemphasized. Its growth and declines informed and mirrored our national history. My class notes from Harvard take up two invaluable notebooks. I refer to them often for my tours and lectures. THIS BOOK IS THOSE NOTES!