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Informationen zum Autor Eric L. Holcomb is a city planner specializing in historic preservation with the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation of the City of Baltimore. Kathleen G. Kotarba is Executive Director of the Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation. Klappentext Northeast Baltimore has undergone a transformation from a ruralarea into a "city suburb!" an experience shared by many similarU.S. metropolitan areas. Now reflecting changes through 2007! Eric L. Holcomb'supdated edition traces this prototypical process from the region's origins as ahunting ground of the Susquehannocks! through its earliest settlement by Europeansin the eighteenth century and its idealization as a picturesque landscape during thenineteenth century! to its rise as a suburb in the twentieth century. Holcomb'sobvious passion for the area! combined with his thorough research in geographicindicators such as land ownership patterns! provide a broad empirical foundation forthis richly illustrated history.Distributed for the Center for AmericanPlaces Zusammenfassung Northeast Baltimore has undergone a transformation from a rural area into a 'city suburb'! an experience shared by many similar US metropolitan areas. Reflecting changes through 2007! this title traces this prototypical process from the region's origins as a hunting ground of the Susquehannocks to its rise as a suburb in the twentieth century.
