East Cambridge
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File Size : 12,6 MB
Release : 1988
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ISBN : 9780262530781
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,6 MB
Release : 1988
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Author : Susan E. Maycock
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,32 MB
Release : 2016-11-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0262034808
An extensively illustrated, comprehensive exploration of the architecture and development of Old Cambridge from colonial settlement to bustling intersection of town and gown. Old Cambridge is the traditional name of the once-isolated community that grew up around the early settlement of Newtowne, which served briefly as the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and then became the site of Harvard College. This abundantly illustrated volume from the Cambridge Historical Commission traces the development of the neighborhood as it became a suburban community and bustling intersection of town and gown. Based on the city's comprehensive architectural inventory and drawing extensively on primary sources, Building Old Cambridge considers how the social, economic, and political history of Old Cambridge influenced its architecture and urban development. Old Cambridge was famously home to such figures as the proscribed Tories William Brattle and John Vassall; authors Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and William Dean Howells; publishers Charles C. Little, James Brown, and Henry O. Houghton; developer Gardiner Greene Hubbard, a founder of Bell Telephone; and Charles Eliot, the landscape architect. Throughout its history, Old Cambridge property owners have engaged some of the country's most talented architects, including Peter Harrison, H. H. Richardson, Eleanor Raymond, Carl Koch, and Benjamin Thompson. The authors explore Old Cambridge's architecture and development in the context of its social and economic history; the development of Harvard Square as a commercial center and regional mass transit hub; the creation of parks and open spaces designed by Charles Eliot and the Olmsted Brothers; and the formation of a thriving nineteenth-century community of booksellers, authors, printers, and publishers that made Cambridge a national center of the book industry. Finally, they examine Harvard's relationship with Cambridge and the community's often impassioned response to the expansive policies of successive Harvard administrations.
Author : Trevor Mostyn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 46,14 MB
Release : 1988-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521321907
Examines the region from its pre-Islamic period to the present day, its regional conflicts, and technology.
Author : Massachusetts register
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Page : 496 pages
File Size : 29,98 MB
Release : 1862
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Author : Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy
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Page : 1548 pages
File Size : 17,95 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
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Author : Travis W. Busey
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 1911 pages
File Size : 48,63 MB
Release : 2011-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0786456183
This reference work chronicles and categorizes more than 23,000 Union casualties at Gettysburg by generals and staff and by state and unit. Thirteen appendices also cover information by brigade, division and corps; by engagements and skirmishes; by state; by burial at three cemeteries; and by hospitals. Casualty transports, incarceration records and civilian casualty lists are also included.
Author : William Richard Cutter
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 2688 pages
File Size : 16,9 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Boston (Mass.)
ISBN : 0806345497
Author : Heather Gordon
Publisher : First Books
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 41,12 MB
Release : 2004-04
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9780912301549
Author : LaDale C. Winling
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 27,25 MB
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0812294548
Today, universities serve as the economic engines and cultural centers of many U.S. cities, but how did this come to be? In Building the Ivory Tower, LaDale Winling traces the history of universities' relationship to the American city, illuminating how they embraced their role as urban developers throughout the twentieth century and what this legacy means for contemporary higher education and urban policy. In the twentieth century, the federal government funded growth and redevelopment at American universities—through PWA construction subsidies during the Great Depression, urban renewal funds at mid-century, and loans for student housing in the 1960s. This federal aid was complemented by financial support for enrollment and research, including the GI Bill at the end of World War II and the National Defense Education Act, created to educate scientists and engineers after the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik. Federal support allowed universities to implement new visions for campus space and urban life. However, this growth often put these institutions in tension with surrounding communities, intensifying social and economic inequality, and advancing knowledge at the expense of neighbors. Winling uses a series of case studies from the Progressive Era to the present day and covers institutions across the country, from state schools to the Ivy League. He explores how university builders and administrators worked in concert with a variety of interests—including the business community, philanthropists, and all levels of government—to achieve their development goals. Even as concerned citizens and grassroots organizers attempted to influence this process, university builders tapped into the full range of policy and economic tools to push forward their vision. Block by block, road by road, building by building, they constructed carefully managed urban institutions whose economic and political power endures to this day.
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Page : 606 pages
File Size : 32,60 MB
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