Gaining Ground A History of Landmaking in Boston

Name: Gaining Ground A History of Landmaking in Boston
Price: 136.25 USD
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ISBN: 9780262194945

ISBN-10: 0262194945

ISBN-13: 9780262194945

Edition: 2003

Authors: Nancy S. Seasholes

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Fully one-sixth of Boston is built on made land. Although other waterfront cities also have substantial areas that are built on fill, Boston probably has more than any city in North America. In Gaining Groundhistorian Nancy Seasholes has given us the first complete account of when, why, and how this land was created. The story of landmaking in Boston is presented geographically; each chapter traces landmaking in a different part of the city from its first permanent settlement to the present. Seasholes introduces findings from recent archaeological investigations in Boston, and relates landmaking to the major historical developments that shaped it. At the beginning of the nineteenth…

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List price: $69.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/29/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 552
Size: 10.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 4.818

Nancy S. Seasholes is an independent scholar, a Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at Boston University, and periodically teaches at the Harvard University Extension School. Walking Tours of Boston's Made Land is the companion to her earlier book, Gaining Ground (MIT Press, 2003).