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Let Geography Die
Chasing Derwent’s Ghost at Harvard
ISBN: 9780262551595
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 29, 2025
An investigative history of the closure of Harvard University's geography program in the mid-twentieth century due to homophobia and wider institutional politics.
Boston in Transit
Mapping the History of Public Transportation in The Hub
ISBN: 9780262048071
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 7, 2023
A richly illustrated story of public transit in one of America's most historic cities, from public ferry and horse-drawn carriage to the MBTA.
The Hub's Metropolis
Greater Boston's Development from Railroad Suburbs to Smart Growth
ISBN: 9780262545860
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 7, 2022
The evolution of the Boston metropolitan area, from country villages and streetcar suburbs to exurban sprawl and “smart growth.”
Where Futures Converge
Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub
ISBN: 9780262046510
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 10, 2022
The evolution of the most innovative square mile on the planet: the endless cycles of change and reinvention that created today's Kendall Square.
Born in Cambridge
400 Years of Ideas and Innovators
ISBN: 9780262046800
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 3, 2022
Anne Bradstreet, W.E.B. Du Bois, gene editing, and Junior Mints: cultural icons, influential ideas, and world-changing innovations from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Building Old Cambridge
Architecture and Development
ISBN: 9780262034807
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 4, 2016
An extensively illustrated, comprehensive exploration of the architecture and development of Old Cambridge from colonial settlement to bustling intersection of town and gown.
A Landscape History of New England
A Landscape History of New England
ISBN: 9780262525275
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 13, 2013
An examination of New England's diverse landscapes, and our varying perceptions of them, across two centuries of settlement, work, and recreation.
Fresh Pond
The History of a Cambridge Landscape
ISBN: 9780262195911
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 13, 2009
The history of Fresh Pond Reservation—onetime summer retreat for wealthy Bostonians, center of the nineteenth-century ice industry, and stomping grounds for Harvard students—told through photographs, maps and plans, and stories.
Inventing the Charles River
ISBN: 9780262083072
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 22, 2002
An illustrated account of the creation of the Charles River Basin, focusing on the precarious balance between transportation planning and the stewardship of the public realm.
Hands on the Land
A History of the Vermont Landscape
ISBN: 9780262511285
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 22, 2002
A lavishly illustrated study of the natural and cultural history of the Vermont landscape.
Let Geography Die
Chasing Derwent’s Ghost at Harvard
ISBN: 9780262551595
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 29, 2025
An investigative history of the closure of Harvard University's geography program in the mid-twentieth century due to homophobia and wider institutional politics.
Boston in Transit
Mapping the History of Public Transportation in The Hub
ISBN: 9780262048071
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 7, 2023
A richly illustrated story of public transit in one of America's most historic cities, from public ferry and horse-drawn carriage to the MBTA.
The Hub's Metropolis
Greater Boston's Development from Railroad Suburbs to Smart Growth
ISBN: 9780262545860
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 7, 2022
The evolution of the Boston metropolitan area, from country villages and streetcar suburbs to exurban sprawl and “smart growth.”
Where Futures Converge
Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub
ISBN: 9780262046510
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 10, 2022
The evolution of the most innovative square mile on the planet: the endless cycles of change and reinvention that created today's Kendall Square.
Born in Cambridge
400 Years of Ideas and Innovators
ISBN: 9780262046800
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 3, 2022
Anne Bradstreet, W.E.B. Du Bois, gene editing, and Junior Mints: cultural icons, influential ideas, and world-changing innovations from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Building Old Cambridge
Architecture and Development
ISBN: 9780262034807
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 4, 2016
An extensively illustrated, comprehensive exploration of the architecture and development of Old Cambridge from colonial settlement to bustling intersection of town and gown.
A Landscape History of New England
A Landscape History of New England
ISBN: 9780262525275
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 13, 2013
An examination of New England's diverse landscapes, and our varying perceptions of them, across two centuries of settlement, work, and recreation.
Fresh Pond
The History of a Cambridge Landscape
ISBN: 9780262195911
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 13, 2009
The history of Fresh Pond Reservation—onetime summer retreat for wealthy Bostonians, center of the nineteenth-century ice industry, and stomping grounds for Harvard students—told through photographs, maps and plans, and stories.
Inventing the Charles River
ISBN: 9780262083072
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 22, 2002
An illustrated account of the creation of the Charles River Basin, focusing on the precarious balance between transportation planning and the stewardship of the public realm.
Hands on the Land
A History of the Vermont Landscape
ISBN: 9780262511285
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 22, 2002
A lavishly illustrated study of the natural and cultural history of the Vermont landscape.