The city as suburb : a history of Northeast Baltimore since 1660 /
Author / Creator: | Holcomb, Eric L., 1966- |
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
Imprint: | Sante Fe, N.M. ; Staunton, Va. : Center for American Places ; [Charlottesville] : Distributed by the University of Virginia Press, 2005. |
Description: | xxi, 266 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Center books on American places |
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Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5808494 |
Summary: | "The growth of Northeast Baltimore illustrates the American transition from settlement to suburb. Here we witness a model that has played out again and again on this continent. By revealing the unseen layers of a rich history, Eric Holcomb presents the features of this model that are unique to this corner of the world. It is a specific and loving portrait."--from the foreword by Kathleen G. Kotarba Northeast Baltimore has undergone a transformation from a rural area into a "city suburb," an experience shared by many similar U.S. metropolitan areas. Eric L. Holcomb traces this prototypical process from the region's origins as a hunting ground of the Susquehannocks, through its earliest settlement by Europeans in the eighteenth century and its idealization as a picturesque landscape during the nineteenth century, to its rise as a suburb in the twentieth century. Holcomb's obvious passion for the area, combined with his thorough research in geographic indicators such as land ownership patterns, provide a lush empirical foundation for this richly illustrated history. |
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Physical Description: | xxi, 266 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-257) and index. |
ISBN: | 1930066295 (acid-free paper) |