A History of Boston  
Published by Peter E. Randall Publisher
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ISBN: 9781942155638
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“Dain’s A History of Boston helps the reader understand how land-use and environment contribute to shaping a community. Dain’s Boston is the go-to book.” - R.J. Lyman

Boston is today one of the world’s greatest cities, first in higher education, hospitals, life science companies, and sports teams. It was the home of the Great Puritan Migration, the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the first civil rights movement, the abolition movement, and the women’s rights movement. But the city that gave us the first use of ether as anesthesia, the telephone, technicolor film, and the mutual fund—the city where Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott founded their world-changing partnership—was also the hub of the anti-immigration movement, the divisive busing era, and decades of self-inflicted decay. Boston has the most important history of any American city. Yet its history has never been given a comprehensive treatment until now. Join Dan Dain as he acts as your tour guide from the arrival of First Peoples up to the election of Boston’s first woman and person of color as mayor. Dain’s masterful work explores the policies and practices that took Boston from its highest heights to its lowest lows and back again, and examines the central role that density, diversity, and good urban design play in the success of cities like Boston.
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“Dain’s A History of Boston helps the reader understand how land-use and environment contribute to shaping a community. Dain’s Boston is the go-to book.” - R.J. Lyman

Boston is today one of the world’s greatest cities, first in higher education, hospitals, life science companies, and sports teams. It was the home of the Great Puritan Migration, the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the first civil rights movement, the abolition movement, and the women’s rights movement. But the city that gave us the first use of ether as anesthesia, the telephone, technicolor film, and the mutual fund—the city where Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott founded their world-changing partnership—was also the hub of the anti-immigration movement, the divisive busing era, and decades of self-inflicted decay. Boston has the most important history of any American city. Yet its history has never been given a comprehensive treatment until now. Join Dan Dain as he acts as your tour guide from the arrival of First Peoples up to the election of Boston’s first woman and person of color as mayor. Dain’s masterful work explores the policies and practices that took Boston from its highest heights to its lowest lows and back again, and examines the central role that density, diversity, and good urban design play in the success of cities like Boston.
Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: High and Low Urbanism
  • Chapter 2: Before Boston Became Boston
    • Geography of Boston
    • The First Native Settlers in the Region
    • Early European Exploration of the Coast
  • Chapter 3: Watershed Moment One: A Religious Rebellion and the Great Migration
    • The Pilgrims Found the First European Settlement in Massachusetts
    • The Puritans Establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony
    • Growth of the New Village and Colony
    • Life, Governance, and Conflict in Seventeenth-Century New England
    • A Series of Crises
    • Commerce Reigns
  • Chapter 4: Watershed Moment Two: Revolution
    • Conflict with the Crown
    • War Comes to Massachusetts
    • The Siege and Evacuation of Boston
    • Birth of a New Commonwealth
    • The Rise and Fall of an Agrarian, Maritime, and Mercantile Economy
  • Chapter 5: Watershed Moment Three: An Industrial Revolution
    • Foundation to an Economic Transformation
    • Economic Triumph and Boston Becomes the Hub of the Solar System
    • Immigrant Waves and New Urban Challenges
  • Chapter 6: Watershed Moment Four: Boston Fails to Reform its Economy
    • The City Reacts to Urban Ills Exacerbated by the Demise of an Industrial Economy by Turning Against Those Things that Make Cities Resilient
    • Suburbanization and the New Boston
    • A People’s Rebellion
  • Chapter 7: Watershed Moment Five: Rebirth and the Transformation to an Innovation Economy
    • Healing and Laying the Foundation for Rejuvenation
    • The Rise of the Knowledge-Innovation Economy and a Return to the City
    • The Influence of Medical, Educational, Athletic, Cultural, and Culinary Institutions on Boston’s High Urbanism
  • Chapter 8: Will There Be Future Watershed Moments?
  • Sources
    • Books
    • Newspapers and Other Print and Electronic Media
    • Historical Sites and Tours
  • Index
  • About the Author
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