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Gateway to vacationland

Bauman, John F., 1938-

Gateway to vacationland the making of Portland, Maine / [electronic resource] : John F. Bauman. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (256 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From beleaguered outpost to booming port city, 1632/1860 -- Civil War, the great fire, and re-shaping Portland's urban image -- J.B. Baxter's city: from seaport entrepot to port of call, 1882/1896 -- Urban growth, urban problems, and a new vision of the city beautiful: Portland as a progressive city, 1893/1915 -- The sunrise gateway in Depression and war -- Postwar Portland, 1943/1965 -- The gateway reborn, 1965/1985 -- Conclusion: service city, tourist city, modern Portland.

9781613761922 1613761929


Portland (Me.)--History.


Electronic books.

F29.P9 / B28 2012

974.1/91