The Other Bostonians: Poverty and Progress in the American Metropolis, 1880-1970

by Stephan Thernstrom

Book Overview

The Other Bostonians challenges many myths and assumptions about the development of America. Newspapers and other familiar sources record the lives of only the prominent five percent of the population. Beyond these privileged few lie the millions who are born, live, and die unnoted by the chroniclers of their era. Now, with the assistance of computers and a team of researchers, Stephan Thernstrom has gone to the available records of these people,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674644964
• ISBN13: 9780674644960
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 9.3"