History / History by country / United States / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)

With Eclat: The Boston Athenaeum and the Origin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

by Hina Hirayama

A detailed history of the Boston Athenaeum's historic role in the founding of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Epidemic: A Collision of Power, Privilege, and Public Health

by David DeKok

The Epidemic tells how a vain and reckless businessman became responsible for a typhoid epidemic in 1903 that devastated Cornell University and the surrounding town of Ithaca, N.Y. Eighty-two people died, including...

Banned in Boston: The Watch and Ward Society?s Crusade against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil

by Neil Miller

“I want to be intelligent, even if I do live in Boston.”

—an anonymous Bostonian, 1929

In this spectacular romp through the Puritan City, Neil Miller relates the scintillating story of how a powerful band...

Clearing the Coastline: The Nineteenth-Century Ecological & Cultural Transformations of Cape Cod

by Matthew McKenzie

A social and ecological history of the rise and demise of Cape Cod's coastal fisheries in the nineteenth century

The King's Best Highway: The Lost History of the Boston Post Road, the Route That Made America

by Eric Jaffe

A VIVID AND FASCINATING LOOK AT AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST STORIED HIGHWAY, THE BOSTON POST ROAD

During its evolution from Indian trails to modern interstates, the Boston Post...

Looking Astern: An Artist's View of Maine's Historic Working Waterfronts

by Loretta Krupinski

Loretta Krupinski depicts coastal towns 70 to 150 years ago in their heyday. Each beautifully rendered image captures Maine when fishing, quarrying, and the cargo trade were the backbone of Maine's economy....

The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Northeast

by Kathleen J. Bragdon

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Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings

by Thomas Durant Visser

A generously illustrated handbook for identifying and understanding structures that symbolize the region's unique cultural and historical landscape