@article{1478903,
      author = {Rawson, Michael, },
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478903},
      title = {Eden on the Charles : The Making of Boston /},
      abstract = {In Eden on the Charles: The Making of Boston, Michael  Rawson examines how the city's relationship with its  natural surroundings informed its early growth and  development. His compelling, well-researched narrative  touches on several milestones on Boston's road to  modernity, including the Common's conversion from a place  of labor to a place of leisure, the emergence of pastoral  suburbs as a respite from an increasingly urbanized  landscape, and the long fight over a proposed municipal  water system to bring fresh water to those who needed it  most.Perhaps the book's most important lesson comes from a  frustrated mariner who, upset over the maltreatment of the  harbor, laments that "the past seems to be forgotten, the  present only is regarded as of importance, and a veil is  drawn over the future." Eden on the Charles is a valiant  effort to combat such shortsightedness, reminding us that  the key to building a successful community lies in  respecting the natural resources that provide for it and in  understanding our responsibility to our fellow citizens.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674058552},
      recid = {1478903},
      pages = {1 online resource (384 p.)},
}