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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Urban archipelago
    sub title: an environmental history of the Boston Harbor islands
  name:
    name part: Šimková, Pavla
    name part: 1986-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: mau
    date issued: 2021
    copyright date: 2021
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xi, 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
  abstract: The Boston Harbor Islands have been called Boston's "hidden shores." While some are ragged rocks teeming with coastal wildlife, such as oystercatchers and harbor seals, others resemble manicured parks or have the appearance of wooded hills rising gently out of the water. Largely ignored by historians and previously home to prisons, asylums and sewage treatment plants, this surprisingly diverse ensemble of islands has existed quietly on the urban fringe over the last four centuries. Even their latest incarnation as a national park and recreational hub has emphasized their separation from, rather than their connection to, the city. In this book, Pavla Šimková reinterprets the Boston Harbor Islands as an urban archipelago, arguing that they have been an integral part of Boston since colonial days, transformed by the city's changing values and catering to its current needs. Drawing on archival sources, historic maps and photographs and diaries from island residents, this absorbing study attests that the harbor islands' story is central to understanding the ways in which Boston has both shaped and been shaped by its environment over time.
  table of contents: The commons of Boston Harbor : the Harbor Islands and colonial Boston -- The ultimate sink : the harbor and the islands as Boston's dumping ground -- The city of tomorrow : Boston Harbor and visions of urban renewal -- The romance of Boston Bay : Edward Rowe Snow and the reimagining of the Boston Harbor Islands -- A new spectacle : conservation and recreation in Boston Harbor.
  note: Pavla Šimková.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-ma
  subject:
    topic: Archipelagoes
    geographic: Massachusetts
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Human ecology
    geographic: Massachusetts
    geographic: Boston Harbor Islands
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Urban ecology (Sociology)
    geographic: Massachusetts
    geographic: Boston
  subject:
    geographic: Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)
    topic: Environmental conditions
  subject:
    geographic: Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)
    topic: History
  subject:
    geographic: Boston (Mass.)
    topic: History
  classification: GF504.M4 S56 2021
  classification: 304.209744/61
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Environmental history of the Northeast
  identifier: 9781625345967
  identifier: 1625345968
  identifier: 9781625345974
  identifier: 1625345976
  identifier: 9781613768723
  identifier: 9781613768730
  identifier: 2021017195
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 210501
    record change date: 20220106140002.0
    record identifier: in00004386502