Boston 1945 - 2015: The Decline and Rebirth of a Great World City
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (964 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0692829342 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 327 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Uniquely situated to write this book, Russ Lopez has worked at the State House and City Hall, been a community organizer in Roxbury and Dorchester, and written extensively about urban history. . He has suffered through dozens of heartbreaks from his seat in the bleachers at Fenway Park and studied the city up close through his research and advocacy around environmental and health issues in the region. Lopez received his Master of City and Regional Planning degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and a Doctorate in Environmental Health from the Boston University School of Public Health
The recessions of the twenty-first century barely touched its residents and its problems had shifted to how to accommodate growth and wealth without losing its poor and middle class residents. It is the gripping story of a special city.. It includes the story of the Boston's Irish, Italians, Jews, and lesbian and gay people as well as how Latinos, Haitians, Vietnamese, and other groups arrived in the city and contributed to its revival. By the end of the twentieth century, Boston was one of the most prosperous cities in the world with an economy based on education, medical research, and technology. But as World War II ended, the city was struggling. Conditions were well on their way to becoming even worse.Yet the city did not die. It covers the high points of the past seventy years: the revitalization of Faneuil Hall, the glory of the Red Sox winning the World Series in 2004, and the development of a powerhouse of research and innovation that attracts people from all over the world. It is a story of how one city, seemingly in an unstoppable downward spiral, righted itself into something new.In the later part of the nineteenth century, Boston was an economic and social powerhouse. It analyzes the demographic, social, economic, and political trends that shaped this unique city. A third of Boston's housing was dilapidated, the economy,
He has suffered through dozens of heartbreaks from his seat in the bleachers at Fenway Park and studied the city up close through his research and advocacy around environmental and health issues in the region. Uniquely situated to write this book, Russ Lopez has worked at the State House and City Hall, been a community organizer in Roxbury and Dorchester, and written extensively about urban history. . Lopez received his Ma