The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston`s Struggle for Justice, Brogan Jan

Автор: Schorow Stephanie
Название: Inside the Combat Zone: The Stripped Down Story of Boston`s Most Notorious Neighborhood
ISBN: 1493048996 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493048991
Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Описание: Boston has always been known for its stiff character. So how did this great New England city become home to one of the largest and most notorious adult entertainment districts in the nation? In this expertly crafted history, veteran reporter Stephanie Schorow teases out the issues that created this controversial neighborhood, giving voice to the players who sought to tame or profit from the sleaze snaking its way through Boston. At turns comic and tragic, Schorow introduces us to the politicians, exotic dancers, and wise guys, and residents brought together by the adult entertainment district-a five-acre neighborhood the city engineered to contain the very porno plague it wanted to eliminate. (Meet the nun-turned-attorney who advocated for the First Amendment rights of adult bookstores, a dancer called "the thinking man's stripper," and Boston's unofficial city censor.) For these people and thousands of others, the Combat Zone is more than a memory-it was a life-altering adventure.

Автор: Liu Michael
Название: Forever Struggle: Activism, Identity, and Survival in Boston`s Chinatown, 1880-2018
ISBN: 1625345461 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781625345462
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 27550.00 T
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Описание: Chinatown has a long history in Boston. Though little documented, it represents the city's most sustained neighborhood effort to survive during eras of hostility and urban transformation. It has been wounded and transformed, slowly ceding ground; at the same time, its residents and organizations have gained a more prominent voice over their community's fate.In writing about Boston Chinatown's long history, Michael Liu, a lifelong activist and scholar of the community, charts its journey and efforts for survival -- from its emergence during a time of immigration and deep xenophobia to the highway construction and urban renewal projects that threatened the neighborhood after World War II to its more recent efforts to keep commercial developers at bay. At the ground level, Liu depicts its people, organizations, internal battles, and varied and complex strategies against land-taking by outside institutions and public authorities. The documented courage, resilience, and ingenuity of this low-income immigrant neighborhood of color have earned it a place amongst our urban narratives. Chinatown has much to teach us about neighborhood agency, the power of organizing, and the prospects of such neighborhoods in rapidly growing and changing cities.

Автор: Michael Liu
Название: Forever Struggle: Activism, Identity, and Survival in Boston`s Chinatown, 1880-2018
ISBN: 1625345453 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781625345455
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 73920.00 T
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Описание: In writing about Boston Chinatown`s long history, Michael Liu, a lifelong activist and scholar of the community, charts its journey and efforts for survival - from its emergence during a time of immigration and deep xenophobia to recent efforts to keep commercial developers at bay.

Автор: Hinderaker Eric
Название: Boston`s Massacre
ISBN: 0674237382 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674237384
Издательство: NBN International
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Цена: 26680.00 T
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George Washington Prize Finalist
Winner of the Society of the Cincinnati Prize

"Fascinating... Hinderaker's meticulous research shows that the Boston Massacre was contested from the beginning... Its] meanings have plenty to tell us about America's identity, past and present."
--Wall Street Journal

On the night of March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd gathered in front of Boston's Custom House, killing five people. Denounced as an act of unprovoked violence and villainy, the event that came to be known as the Boston Massacre is one of the most famous and least understood incidents in American history. Eric Hinderaker revisits this dramatic confrontation, examining in forensic detail the facts of that fateful night, the competing narratives that molded public perceptions at the time, and the long campaign to transform the tragedy into a touchstone of American identity.

"Hinderaker brilliantly unpacks the creation of competing narratives around a traumatic and confusing episode of violence. With deft insight, careful research, and lucid writing, he shows how the bloodshed in one Boston street became pivotal to making and remembering a revolution that created a nation."
--Alan Taylor, author of American Revolutions

"Seldom does a book appear that compels its readers to rethink a signal event in American history. It's even rarer...to accomplish so formidable a feat in prose of sparkling clarity and grace. Boston's Massacre is a gem."
--Fred Anderson, author of Crucible of War

Автор: Lorenz J. Finison
Название: Boston`s Twentieth-Century Bicycling Renaissance: Cultural Change on Two Wheels
ISBN: 1625344104 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781625344106
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 81310.00 T
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Описание: From his earliest recordings to his posthumously released albums, the haunting baritone of Waylon Jennings marked him as an extraordinarily individualistic country music artist. This biography recounts Waylon`s west Texas upbringing, his introduction to music as a radio announcer at thirteen years old, his tutelage by rock star Buddy Holly, and his eventual stellar yet stormy music career.

Автор: Lisicky Michael J.
Название: Filene`s: Boston`s Great Specialty Store
ISBN: 1531661815 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781531661816
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 29420.00 T
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Автор: Wilk Stephen R.
Название: Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of Boston`s Million Dollar Amusement Park
ISBN: 1625345585 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781625345585
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 19410.00 T
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Описание: If you take Boston`s Blue Line to its northern end, you`ll reach the Wonderland stop. Few realize that a twenty-three-acre amusement park once sat nearby - the largest in New England. As told here, the story of the park`s creation and wild, but brief, success is full of larger-than-life characters who hoped to thrill attendees and rake in profits.

Автор: Earls Alan R.
Название: Greater Boston`s Blizzard of 1978
ISBN: 1531635008 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781531635008
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 29420.00 T
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Автор: Wilk Stephen R.
Название: Lost Wonderland: The Brief and Brilliant Life of Boston`s Million Dollar Amusement Park
ISBN: 1625345577 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781625345578
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 73920.00 T
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Описание: If you take Boston`s Blue Line to its northern end, you`ll reach the Wonderland stop. Few realize that a twenty-three-acre amusement park once sat nearby - the largest in New England. As told here, the story of the park`s creation and wild, but brief, success is full of larger-than-life characters who hoped to thrill attendees and rake in profits.

Автор: Miller Melvin B.
Название: Boston`s Banner Years: 1965-2015: A Saga of Black Success
ISBN: 1480862525 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781480862524
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 22980.00 T
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Автор: Finison Lorenz J.
Название: Boston`s Twentieth-Century Bicycling Renaissance: Cultural Change on Two Wheels
ISBN: 1625344112 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781625344113
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 18480.00 T
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Описание: Traces the Boston`s cycling history, chronicling the activities of environmental and social justice activists, stories of women breaking into male-dominated professions by becoming bike messengers and mechanics, and challenges faced by African American cyclists.

Автор: Miller Melvin B.
Название: Boston`s Banner Years: 1965-2015: A Saga of Black Success
ISBN: 1480862517 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781480862517
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 39500.00 T
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