Boston Mass-Mediated: Urban Space and Culture in the Digital Age

by Dr. Stanley Corkin

In the mid-nineteenth century, Boston fashioned itself as a global hub. By the early 1970s, it was barely a dot on the national picture. It had gained a reputation as a decaying city rife with crime and dysfunctional politics, as well as decidedly retrograde race relations, prominently exemplified by white resistance to school integration. Despite this historical ebb in its national and international presence, it still possessed the infrastructure--superb...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625348258
• ISBN13: 9781625348258
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 280 Pages