"Whether consciously molding the city through the construction of public spaces or developing social ties through organizations such as athletic clubs, Bostonia

Filled with local events as well as intriguing characters, this engaging account vividly captures the spirit and soul of Boston, both yesterday and today."--BOO

Object Lessons: How Nineteenth-Century Americans Learned to Make Sense of the Material World examines the ways material things--objects and pictures--were used

This book maps the development of a regional elite and its persistence as an economic upper class through the nineteenth century. Farrell’s study traces the ki