Eden on the Charles the making of Bost on - Rawson, Michael; American Council of Learned Societies (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010)
Prologue: To build a city -- Enclosing the Common -- Constructing wa ter -- Inventing the suburbs -- Making the harbor -- Recreating the wil derness -- Epilogue: The city complete -- Note on Boston Common petitio ns.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: City planning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century; Human ecology -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century; Boston (Mass.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Boston (Mass.) -- Environmental conditions