Rawson, Michael.

Eden on the Charles : the making of Boston / Michael Rawson. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2010. - xii, 367 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: To build a city -- Enclosing the Common -- Constructing water -- Inventing the suburbs -- Making the harbor -- Recreating the wilderness -- Epilogue: The city complete -- Note on Boston Common petitions.

9780674048416 (alk. paper) 0674048415 (alk. paper)

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City planning--History--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century.
Human ecology--History--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century.


Boston (Mass.)--History--19th century.
Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions--19th century.
Boston (Mass.)--Environmental conditions.

AC F73.44 / .R39 2010

974.4/6103