The paradise of all these parts : a natural history of Boston /

In 1614, explorer John Smith sailed into what was to become Boston Harbor and referred to the wild lands and waters around him as "the Paradise of all these parts". Within fifteen years, the Puritans were developing the tadpole shaped Shawmut Peninsula, as members of the Massachusett tribe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mitchell, John Hanson
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Geschichte.
Natural history > Massachusetts > Boston.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > Massachusetts > Boston.
Sciences naturelles > Massachusetts > Boston.
Écologie urbaine > Massachusetts > Boston.
NATURE > Essays.
NATURE > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
Natural history
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Kultur
Natur
Boston (Mass.) > History.
Massachusetts > Boston
Boston, Mass.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A Short Walk on the Shawmut:The Place That Was Boston
  • Crossing Avalon: The Peopling of the Boston Basin
  • Forever England: A City Stripped of Hills
  • Ring of Green: Restoring the Shawmut
  • Scoundrel Spring: Decline and Fall in a Green City
  • The Coast Watch: Saving the Harbor.

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