Lost on the Freedom Trail : the National Park Service and urban renewal in postwar Boston /

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"Boston National Historical Park is one of America's most popular heritage destinations, drawing in millions of visitors annually. Tourists flock there to see the site of the Boston Massacre, to relive Paul Revere's midnight ride, and to board Old Ironsides-all of these bound together...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bruggeman, Seth C., 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2022]
Series:Public history in historical perspective.
Subjects:
United States. > National Park Service > History > 20th century.
United States. > National Park Service
1775-1999
Historic sites > Massachusetts > Boston.
Heritage tourism > Social aspects > Massachusetts > Boston.
National parks and reserves > Social aspects > Massachusetts > Boston.
Collective memory > Massachusetts > Boston.
Urban renewal > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 20th century.
Lieux historiques > Massachusetts > Boston.
Tourisme culturel > Aspect social > Massachusetts > Boston.
Parcs nationaux > Aspect social > Massachusetts > Boston.
Mémoire collective > Massachusetts > Boston.
Rénovation urbaine > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / General
Collective memory
Heritage tourism > Social aspects
Historic sites
Historiography
National parks and reserves > Social aspects
Race relations
Urban renewal
Boston National Historical Park (Boston, Mass.) > History.
Freedom Trail (Boston, Mass.) > History.
Boston (Mass.) > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Historiography.
Boston (Mass.) > Race relations.
Boston (Mass.) > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Historiographie.
Massachusetts > Boston
Massachusetts > Boston > Boston National Historical Park
Massachusetts > Boston > Freedom Trail
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Lost on the Freedom Trail
  • Remembering the Revolution in old and new Boston
  • Imagining a National Historical Park for Boston
  • Losing control of the agenda
  • Planning a park for "modern Boston and modern America"
  • The problem with history, the problem with race
  • Managing memory in the new economy
  • Afterword. Lost and found on the Freedom Trail.

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