Eden on the Charles-Author talk and booksigning December 11, 2010

In his latest book, Eden on the Charles (Harvard University Press), author Michael Rawson provides a new environmental perspective on the creation of one America’s first cities. Rawson explores how early Bostonians led the nation in urbanization, and how various class and ethnic groups brought rival ideas of nature and competing visions of a “city upon a hill” to the process—and were forced to conform their goals to the realities of Boston’s distinctive natural setting. Join Rawson for an author talk and book-signing.

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