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Gateway to Vacationland : The Making of Portland, Maine /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bauman, John F., 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From beleaguered outpost to booming port city, 1632/1860
  • Civil War, the great fire, and re-shaping Portland's urban image
  • J.B. Baxter's city: from seaport entrepot to port of call, 1882/1896
  • Urban growth, urban problems, and a new vision of the city beautiful: Portland as a progressive city, 1893/1915
  • The sunrise gateway in Depression and war
  • Postwar Portland, 1943/1965
  • The gateway reborn, 1965/1985
  • Conclusion: service city, tourist city, modern Portland.