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Boston Riots
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 310

Boston Riots

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001
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  • Publisher: UPNE

The fascinating story of Boston's violent past is told for the first time in this history of the city's riots, from the food shortage uprisings in the 18th century to the anti-busing riots of the 20th century.

After the Siege
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 348

After the Siege

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: UPNE

During the late 1770s, Boston's townspeople were struggling to rebuild a community devastated by British occupation, the ensuing siege by the Continental Army, and the Revolutionary war years. After the British attacked Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, Boston's population plummeted from 15,000 civilians to less than 3,000, property was destroyed and plundered, and the economy was on the verge of collapse. How the once thriving colonial seaport and its demoralized inhabitants recovered in the wake of such demographic, physical, and economic ruin is the subject of this compelling and well-researched work. Drawing on extensive primary sources, including ward tax assessors' Taking Books,...

Boston Catholics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 386

Boston Catholics

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1998
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  • Publisher: UPNE

In this engaging work, now available in paperback, Thomas H. O'Connor chronicles the activities, achievements, and failures of the Church's leaders and parishioners over the course of two centuries.

Boston Confronts Jim Crow, 1890-1920
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 288

Boston Confronts Jim Crow, 1890-1920

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1997
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  • Publisher: UPNE

Discusses how activists in Boston upheld their anti-slavery tradition and promoted an equal rights agenda during the years between 1890 and 1920, a period in which African-Americans throughout the country were being deprived of civil and political justice.

The Hub
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 342

The Hub

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001
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  • Publisher: UPNE

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

City Limits
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 168

City Limits

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1987
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Photographs show family celebrations, religious rituals, the homeless, couples, children, bodybuilders, parades, street scenes, and shops in each section of Boston.

How Boston Played
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 316

How Boston Played

"Whether consciously molding the city through the construction of public spaces or developing social ties through organizations such as athletic clubs, Bostonians of all classes participated in recreation-based community building, often at cross-purposes. Elite Bostonians, for instance, promoted the establishment of parks as a healthy alternative to unsavory activities, such as drinking and gambling, that they associated with the city's vast new pool of immigrants. They were soon forced to compromise, however, with citizens who were less interested in the rhetoric of moral uplift than in using the parks for competitive athletics and commercial amusements."--BOOK JACKET.

Boston's Histories
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 310

Boston's Histories

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004-01-08
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  • Publisher: UPNE

This collection is both a tribute to the distinguished work of Thomas H. O'Connor, the dean of Boston historians, and a survey of the best and innovative contemporary work on Boston's diverse histories.

Smugglers & Patriots
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 376

Smugglers & Patriots

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Robot-Proof, revised and updated edition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 221

Robot-Proof, revised and updated edition

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2024-10-15
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  • Publisher: MIT Press

A fresh look at a “robot-proof” education in the new age of generative AI. In 2017, Robot-Proof, the first edition, foresaw the advent of the AI economy and called for a new model of higher education designed to help human beings flourish alongside smart machines. That economy has arrived. Creative tasks that, seven years ago, seemed resistant to automation can now be performed with a simple prompt. As a result, we must now learn not only to be conversant with these technologies, but also to comprehend and deploy their outputs. In this revised and updated edition, Joseph Aoun rethinks the university’s mission for a world transformed by AI, advocating for the lifelong endeavor of a “r...