Main entry:

Rawson, Michael.

Title & Author:

Nature and the city : Boston and the construction of the American metropolis / by Michael J. Rawson.

Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Dissertation Services, c2005.

Description:

vi, 349 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Notes:
Authorized facsimile of thesis (doctoral)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005.
"Using nineteenth and early twentieth-century Boston as a case study, this work offers a new model for understanding the development of the urban environment by arguing that city building took place through a physical and cultural dialogue with nature"--P. i.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-349).
The dialogue between nature and city -- The enclosure of Boston Common -- The nature of the municipal water system -- Municipal boundaries and the transformation of the countryside -- Science, technology, and the making of Boston Harbor -- Remembering nature through the metropolitan park system -- Trading conflict for conversation.

Subject:

Cities and towns Growth.
Human ecology Massachusetts Boston.
Villes Croissance.
Écologie humaine Massachusetts Boston.
Geography.
Human ecology.
Boston (Mass.) Geography.
Boston (Mass.) History.
Massachusetts Boston.
Built environments United States Massachusetts Boston 1820-1920.
Development (function) United States Massachusetts Boston 1820-1920.
Nature.
Influence.

Form/genre:

Theses.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 245888
Call No.: F73.3 .R39 2005
Status: Available