Lost on the Freedom Trail The National Park Service and Urban Renewal in Postwar Boston |
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| Author:
| Bruggeman, Seth C. |
| Series title: | Public History in Historical Perspective Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62534-623-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2022 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Argues that Boston National Historical Park's Freedom Trail was always largely a tourist gimmick, devised to lure affluent white Americans into downtown revival schemes, its success hinging on a narrow vision of the city's history run through with old stories about heroic white men.
Argues that Boston National Historical Park's Freedom Trail was always largely a tourist gimmick, devised to lure affluent white Americans into downtown revival schemes, its success hinging on a narrow vision of the city's history run through with old stories about heroic white men.