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Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of a Neighborhood

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Moying Li-Marcus
2019
Published by: Northeastern University Press
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An insightful study of urban transformation recalls four centuries in the life of Boston's most famous neighborhood, tracing social, economic, and political changes in the community. Originally published by Northeastern University Press in 2002. With a new foreword by Jeffrey E. Klee.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Half Title

pp. i

Frontispiece

pp. ii

Title Page

pp. iii

Copyright

pp. iv

Dedication

pp. v-vi

Contents

pp. vii-viii

Epigraph

pp. ix-x

Foreword to the Humanities Open Book Edition

pp. xi-xii

Acknowledgments

pp. xiii-xiv

Preface

pp. xv-xvi

Chapter One. A New Vision for an Old Hill, 1630-1900

pp. 1-42

Chapter Two. The Beacon Hill Renaissance, 1900-1930

pp. 43-78

Chapter Three. War and Peace, 1940-1950

pp. 79-110

Chapter Four. Reinventing Beacon Hill, 1960-2000

pp. 111-148

Epilogue

pp. 149-152

Note

pp. 153-166

Index

pp. 167-176

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