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[http://ncaaa.org/ The Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists]. 

 

 

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== Reading List ==

 

*Dalzell, Robert F. ''Enterprising Elite: The Boston Associates and the World They Made'' (1987).&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;

*Gamm, Gerald.&nbsp;''Urban Exodus: Why the Jews Left Boston and the Catholics Stayed ''(2001).&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;

*Hiestand, Emily, and Ande Zellman, editors. ''The Good City: Writers Explore 21st Century Boston''. (2004).&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;

*Jacobs, Jane. ''The Death and Life of Great American Cities''.<br/> Includes&nbsp;substantial discussions of Boston.&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;

*Krieger, Alex, and David Cobb (eds). ''Mapping Boston'' (2011).&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;

*Mollenkopf.&nbsp;''The Contested City''&nbsp;(Princeton University Press, 1983).&nbsp;<br/> ''&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"Over the last five decades American cities have been transformed as profoundly and tumultuously as they were during the industrial&nbsp;'revolution. In contrast to that earlier era, this contemporary transformation has been stimulated and guided by governmental intervention. John H. Mollenkopf analyzes the government programs and the supporting political coalitions that made this intervention possible. His book shows how the success of these programs, developed largely by urban liberal Democrats, led to new conflicts that ultimately undermined urban development policy.''<br/> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "Using Boston and San Francisco as case studies, the author shows how urban development programs influenced and were influenced by big-city politics. He denies that the current impasse in national politics and urban development stems from technical inadequacies in existing policies. Instead, he argues, it results from failure to reconcile the conflicting interests of dominant urban economic institutions and the urban populace--a failure that led not only to the collapse of the postwar urban development consensus but to the disarray of the Democratic party itself."&nbsp; -'from Amazon.com description.&nbsp;<br/> - [https://twitter.com/jostehlin/status/1006651413810831360 suggested by John Stehlin].&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;

*Morgan et al. ''Community by Design: The Olmsted Firm and the Development of Brookline, Massachuusetts'' (2013).&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;

*Tissot, Sylvie. ''Good Neighbors: Gentrifying Diversity in Boston's South End''. (Verso, 2015). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ildoBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books preview].&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br/> ''&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"Does gentrification destroy diversity? Or does it thrive on it? Boston’s South End, a legendary working-class neighborhood with the largest Victorian brick row house district in the United States and a celebrated reputation for diversity, has become in recent years a flashpoint for the problems of gentrification. It has born witness to the kind of rapid transformation leading to pitched battles over the class and race politics throughout the country and indeed the contemporary world.''<br/> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"This subtle study of a storied urban neighborhood reveals the way that upper-middle-class newcomers have positioned themselves as champions of diversity, and how their mobilization around this key concept has reordered class divisions rather than abolished them."&nbsp;''&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;''<br/> '''&nbsp;'''

*Vale, Lawrence. ''From the Puritans to the Projects: Public Housing and Public Neighbors'' (2007).<br/> &nbsp;

*Whyte, William Foote. ''Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum'' (1943).&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp; &nbsp;''&nbsp;&nbsp; "In the late 1930s, on a fellowship from Harvard University,&nbsp;Whyte lived in the North End of Boston, which was mostly inhabited by first- and second-generation immigrants from Italy. Whyte, who came from a well-to-do family, considered the neighborhood a slum, and wanted to learn more about its "lower class" society.[2] Whyte lived in that district for three and a half years, including 18 months he spent with an Italian family. Through this work, Whyte became a pioneer in participant observation (which he called 'participant observer research').<br/> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "Street Corner Society describes various groups and communities within the district. Compaesani – people originally from the same Italian town – are one example. The first part of the book contains detailed accounts of how local gangs were formed and organized. Whyte differentiated between 'corner boys'&nbsp;and 'college boys': The lives of the "corner boys" revolved around particular street corners and the nearby shops. Conversely, the 'college boys'&nbsp;were more interested in good education and moving up the social ladder.<br/> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "The second part of the book describes the relations of social structure, politics, and racketeering in that district. It is also a testament to the importance of WPA jobs at the time."&nbsp; ( Wikipedia, "Street Corner Society").&nbsp;&nbsp;''<br/> &nbsp;

*Wright, Gwendolyn. ''Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America'' (1981). [https://books.google.com/books?id=_dCTZKWWf2cC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books preview].&nbsp;<br/> ''&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Not about Boston per se, but has a fascinating first chapter "The Puritan Way of Life" discussing the distinct social/religious conceptions behind&nbsp;Puritan building and town form in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and how this may have widely influenced subsequent American building and planning.&nbsp;''

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*Bellamy, Edward.&nbsp;''Looking Backward: 2000–1887&nbsp;''(1888).&nbsp;<br/> "A''&nbsp;utopian science fiction novel set in Boston of 1887 and 2000. It was the third-largest bestseller of its time, after Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. It influenced a large number of intellectuals, and appears by title in many socialist writings of the day.&nbsp;<br/> Bellamy's novel tells the story of a hero figure named Julian West, a young American, who towards the end of the 19th century in Boston, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up 113 years later. He finds himself in the same location, but in a totally changed world: It is the year 2000, and while he was sleeping, the United States has been transformed into a&nbsp;socialist utopia. The remainder of the book outlines Bellamy's thoughts about improving the future. The major themes include problems associated with capitalism, a proposed socialist solution of a nationalization of all industry, and the use of an "industrial army" to organize production and distribution, as well as how to ensure free cultural production under such conditions."&nbsp;''<br/> &nbsp;

*Hawthorne, Nathaniel.&nbsp;''The House of the Seven Gables&nbsp;''(1851).&nbsp;<br/> ''Set in Hawthorne's home town of Salem, Massachusetts, on the "North Shore" of Boston.&nbsp;''<br/> &nbsp;

*Hawthorne, Nathaniel.&nbsp;''The Blithedale Romance'' (1852).<br/> ''novel based on Hawthorne's experiences as a founding resident of&nbsp;[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_Farm Brook Farm], a utopian communal community located in West Roxbury, Massachusetts (9 miles outside of downtown Boston) in 1841.&nbsp;''<br/> &nbsp;

*James, Henry.&nbsp;''The Bostonians.&nbsp;''<br/> &nbsp;

*Thoreau. ''Walden'' (1854).&nbsp; based on his experiences living in 1844-45 at Walden Pond, near Concord, about 18 miles from Boston.&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;

*Wallace, David Foster.&nbsp;''Infinite Jest&nbsp;''(1996).&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;

 

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