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according to tonnies, what occurs in Gesellschaft "society" or "society association"
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family groups and institutions no longer serve as the basis of social life, rather, such spocieties are organized around work relationships and bureaucratic institutions
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by 1700 how many people inhabited massachusetts bay colony and how was its economic base shifting
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80,000..... economic base shift agriculture to commercial
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compare the growth of NYC and that of philadelphia, PA in terms of their respective population in 1790 and 1870
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NY grew significantly larger from 1790 to 1870
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describe a second revisionist model of urban ecology which had been developed by Chauncey Harris and Edward Ullman,, a model which takes issue with hoyt's emphasis on a residential patterns
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developed a multiple nuclei model of urban land use
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Describe NYC's "Coney island" in terms of what one finds there
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Amusements (Park)
Beach Board Walk Rides |
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describe NYC's "Fire island" in terms of what one finds there
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30 miles long no cars or roads on the island
7 communites there Cherry Grove has had a large gay community for years Fire Island fever means you never want to leave |
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describe the disasters that involved "purity distilling corporation" and the "coconut grove" night club
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january 1919..syrup containers broke and syrup ran down into boston killign people..... and the night club caught fire.... took 5 mins to pass through building 482 ppl killed.
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describe the sort of public transportation services one finds in NYC
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Urban Transportation:
subway cabs ferrys busses etc |
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did boston ever recover its commercial status after the british siege of the port during the american revolution
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yes, it did recover by war of 1812
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discuss briefly the university of chicago and its so called "Chicago School"
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helped contribute to development of american sociology
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discuss the critical mass which fischer speaks of as a defining factor
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since only cities can attract enough people of a given subculture...
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explain a final variation of the ecological model, developed by shevky and bell and called social area analysis by them
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builds on the ecological models of the others,,,,social area analysis which attempts to articulate the dimensions of urban life that are responsible for the spattial distributions found in american cities
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explain how burgess visualized the city consisting of 5 concentric zones
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5 zones each larger than the kne before it, all with a common center
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explain shock city as a term briggs introduced, and identify which of our "Great American Cities" became the shock city of the later stages of the Industrial Revolution
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chicago
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explain shock city, as a term introduced by Asa Briggs, a British social historian
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refers to a city in a given historical period that had symbolic significance reflecting both awe at spectacular growth and technical progress and also deep concerns about emerging economic, political and social problems
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explain the role crispus attucks and john adams played in connection with the boston massacre
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Attucks was first Black American killed in massacre (British said attucks provoked it ).. free slave killed
John Adams was british defense attorney in court regarding massacre |
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explain the significance of a ride on Boston's "T" system
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every stop is a different neighborhood... each a different world
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explain the story charles stuarts brother, matthew, told boston police about the murder
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that stuart made up this elaborate plan to kill his wife, and use the insurance money to open his restaurant.... and matthew ditched the murder weapon in the river....police find weapon in river and the purse... Police found stuart cashed in on insurance policy.... Police find Charles Stuart found dead floating in river from apparent suicide
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explain the subcultural theory postulated by the urban sociologist claude fischer
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Fischer postulates that the ecological variables of size, denisty, and heterogeneity do have an effect on social life. However unlike wirth he argues that these effects can create intesify and strengthen social groups and that they do not necessarily break them down
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for boston city recite the total number of business firms, 2007
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49,667
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for NYC recite the total number of business firms 2007
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944,129
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for ppl reporting 1 race what percent in boston were white alone, black alone, native american, asian... what percent were hispanic or latino
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white 53.9
black 24.4 native american .4 asian 8.9 latino 17.5 |
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for ppl reporting 1 race what percent were black, native american, asian, and hispanic
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white- 44
black- 25.5 native american- .7 asian- 12.7 hispanic- 28.6 |
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having been sent to Manchester, England, in 1842, how did Friedrich Engels delineate the macro structure of the city
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talked about how the working class had horrible living conditions and the upper class didnt. that the city was dead at night with noone living inn the area.
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how are members of the deprived population reported to find themselves in the city
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through no choice of their own
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how did max weber outline the basic characteristics of the urban community, so as to include the underlying elements of the European city
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a fortification
a market a court of its own and at least partially autonomous law a related form of association at least partial autonomy and autocephaly |
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how did NYC start out in history
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dutch settlement
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how did the boston police react to carol stuarts murder
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Major Manhunt, which brought even more racial tension
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how did the revolution toward the city and the bemoaning of the loss of an idelaized past lead social scientists to develope contrasting models of city life versus rural life
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How do bostons exciting worlds often mix with each other
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awkward
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how has paul revere's ride to concord been exaggerated
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never made it to concord he was captured by brithish ... not only rider there were 3
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how is city organized in Robert Ezra Park's theoretical model
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two interconnected levels: biotic and cultural
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how long have the boston redsox been playing baseball at fenway park and when did they become "The Red Sox"
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1912, 1901 they became the sox
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how many four year colleges were there to be found within the city limits of boston at the time of this video
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26
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how were university of chicago students encouraged to go out and experiance the city
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first hand observation.... Parks's admonition
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identify the 3 central aspects of ferdinand tonnies Gemeinschaft "community"
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kinship
neighborhood friendship |
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identify the source of the ethnic pride that runs deep in boston, when it comes to diversity
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greatest source is the cities unique neighborhoods
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in summary where do the differences between wirths and gans theories exist
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different beliefs about how the city affects small groups
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list the 3 defining characteristics that max weber saw the city as having
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a city was a: market settlement
a political administrative center a community where urban dwellers had duties, rights, and status of their association |
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list the 5 boroughs which comprise NYC
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manhatton
queens brooklyn staten island bronx |
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name some of NYC historic skyskrapers and identify the one which was the tallest for 40yrs
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Flat Iron Building
Woolworth Builidng Bank of Manhatten Chrystler Building (Tallest Building Empire State Buiding....) |
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name the 1938 essay which was the most influential statement on urbanism that came out of the chicago school and identify its author
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"Urbanism as a way of life"....Louis Wirth
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name the 2 major theoretical components of the chicago school of sociology
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1. development of a conceptual perspective that sought to develope a scientific description of urban forms and process
2. urbanism- sough to understand the nature of human associations in the urban setting |
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name the last remaining great gateway into NYC
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grand central terminal (GCT)
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of NYC's 5 boroughs which of these boroughs has the worst reputation of them all
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bronx
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of roxbury and mission hill, how is the latter described as it existed in the 1980's
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racism
stagering levels of unemployment high crime rate largest african american community designated area B highest murder rate |
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of the ten cities examined in this course, how many and which of them were among the ten largest urban places in the US in 1790 and 1870
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1790: Boston, New York,
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Offer 2 reasons why the city identified in study question 2, supra, best personifies the "Shock City" of the beginning of the 20th century
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rapid growth
major metropolis that contained a diversified population from both rural America and from Eeast and Southern Europe and elsewhere |
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recite the exclamatory quote attributed to Josiah Strong on page 82 Asa Briggs' book entitled Victoria Cities (1970)
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We must face the inevitable, the new civilization is certain to be urban, and the problem of the twentieth century will be in the city
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recite the median value dollars of owner occupied housing units 2008-2012 to be found in NYC
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501,500
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recite the median value dollars of owner occupied housing units, 2008-2012, to be found in boston city
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374,700
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recite the view expressed by david karp, gregory stone, and william yoels in "Being Urban": A social psychological view of city life
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it is the sentiment attached to urban areas: it is the whole range of meaning attached to urban areas... that essentially determines the shape and social organization of cities...page 39 in book
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to what extent was the boston fire that occured in 1872
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started in hoop skirt factory...burned down almost all of boston... state of emerfency declared. ppl protected old south... one of largest fires in US history... hard to get fire apparatus there bc of epedimic horses dieing
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to what famous financial institution is NYC Wall Street home
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New York Stock Exchange
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what % of housing units 2008-2012 in NYC are reporgted to be housing units in multi unit structures
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83.6
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what % of NYC 2010 population in 2010 were reported to be females
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52.5
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what % of NYC business firms were black owned firms 2007
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16.4
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what % of ppl 25 and older in NYC reported their highest level of educational attainment 2008-2012 as being a bachelors degree or higher
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34
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what broke the carol dimaiti stuart murder case in november of 1989
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Police arrest Willie Bennet.... career criminal with long record "he fit the bill"
Second break is when matthew fesses up |
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what contribution did Dr. William Morton make to surgery
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anesthetics...... Ether
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what did each of these boston women contribute to social justice in their time, abagail adams, margaret fuller, lucy stone, and dorthea dix
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adams-very influencial on husband in residency "Mrs. President"
fuller- women be independant get jobs etc seek carreers not just home makers stone- leader of national womens suffrage association (right to vote)..first women to earn college degree in boston and keep maiden name after marriage dix- mental instituations had bad condtions wrote and lectured on subject |
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what did homer hoyts sector model emphasize
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importance of central business district and residential patterns
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what distinct contrast did the Chicago School develop and which 2 "somewhat contradictory" points of view emerged from the chicago school prospective
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contrast between urban and rural life
one view builds on the notion the city is impersonal, segmented, and secondary. The other observes that the city is a mosaic of social worlds |
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what do the compositionalist theorists argue and emphasize about urbanism
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they argue it is the composition of groups of people who populate a city that influence their respective "urban way of life"
They emphasize the importance of the composition of the poplation.....class, stage in life cycle, and lifestyle orientation in determining the impact of urbanism on individuals and groups |
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what had been the worst threat posed by the waves of irish immigrants to boston to the old yankees of Puritan stock
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political
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what had to happen before large cities were possible; what limited cities' large sizes
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large cities were not possible until both the city and the rural agriculture became industrialized. Their size limitation was a consequence of both the small amount of surplus food produced by the rural population and by the inability to efficiently move that surplus to urban cities
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what has become the area around ground zero of sept 11, 2001
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Major Tourist Attraction
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what has happened in the decade since the murder of carol dimaiti stuart
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city has tried to improve relations between blacks and whites
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what has noted urban historian robert fogelson traced in downtown: The Rise and Fall of Downtown, 1890-1950
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sheds new light on the importance of both intercity rivalires and intracity rivalries.... traces through late19th and early 20th century use and evelopment of subway system and the battle over development of skyskrapers
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what have different ethic groups created in NYC
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created their own communities
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what hypothesis played a pivital role in what reportedly was the most famous articulation of the urban ecological position by ernest burgess, in his examination of the processes that underlie the growth of cities
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Concentric Zone Hypothesis
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what is boston more of, if it is not a multicultural metroplitan megapolis
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more of a collage of closeknit varying ethnic neighborhoods
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what is described as the one where without it NYC wouldn't be itself
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Central Park
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what is frederick douglass' connection to boston
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escpaed slaverly in south and came to live in boston
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what is meant by bostons freedom trial in modern times
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it is a marked path by painted red stripe or red brick... links 23 historical sights together along 3mile path.
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what is meant by the puritan invasion and what was establsihed as a result of it
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15 ships come and take over with thousands of ppl, establishment of mass bay company
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what is proffessor jack levin's description of the "uneasy mix" of people in boston
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150 college students existing side by side with hundreds of blue collar workers
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what is significant about Manhattans "Chinatown" and how long has he oldest existing store in Chinatown been there
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largest in Western Hemisphere...Been there since 1891
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what is the oldest house of worship standing in boston
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old north church
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what is the oldest public building in boston and what will one find running below it
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Old State House,,,, Subway system
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what is the size of the cuban population in NYC at the time of this videotape
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40,000
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what is todays plimouth plantation and why are there no log cabins there
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living history museum,,,no log cabins bc its a myth... bc they took style from england clapboard houses
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what may be found in NYC's "Museum mile" and which one of them does megan mccormick visit on the eat side of central park
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9 Museums.... She visits The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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what occured as a newer, more liberal young proffessional generation 'invaded boston"
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stereotypes begin to fall away, and neighborhoods became more diverse
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what percent in NYC reportedly were persons living below the poverty level
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19.9
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what percent of boston citys business firms were black owned firms 2007
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11.6
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what percent of boston citys business firms were women owned firms 2007
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29.7
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what percent of boston citys population who were 5 years old and over speak a language other than english at home
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36.1
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what percent of bostons 2010 population were female
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52.1
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what percent of bostons 2010 population were persons 65years and older
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10.1
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what percent of bostons citys 2010 population were persons under 18years old
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16.8
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what percent of housing units 2008-2012 in boston city are reported to be housing units multi unit structures
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82
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what percent of NYC 2010 population were persons under 18
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21.6
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what percent of NYC business firms were women owned 2007
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32.3
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what percent of NYC population in 2010 were 65 and older
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12.1
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what percent of NYC population who were 5 years old and over speak a language other than english at home
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what percent of people 25 years old and over in boston city reported their highest level of educational attainment 2008-2012 as being bachelor's degree or higher
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43.4
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what percent of persons in boston city reportedly were living below the poverty level
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21.2
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what sort of American capital city is NYC
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1. artistic capitol
2. spiritual capitol 3. economic capitol |
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what was going on in Mission Hill in october of 1989
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very high crime rate
murder rate was up lots of black tension |
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what was the 2013 estimated population of boston city
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645,966
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what was the 2013 estimated population of NYC
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8,405,837
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what was the median household income 2008-2012 for boston city
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53,136
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what was the median household income in NYC 2008-2012
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51,865
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what was the per capita money income in the past 12 months (2012 dollars) 2008-2012 for NYC reported to be
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31,661
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what was the per capita money income in the past 12 months (2012 dollars) 2008-2012 for boston city reported to be
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33,589
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what, in short, has Herbert Gans argued about the ways of life of the city
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the ways of of life of the city are not simply explained as the product of the size, density, and heterogeneity of their settlement. Rather, the ways of city life are better explained in terms of social class and stages in the life cycle.
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when and where was the nations first horse drawn trolley
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1856, between boston and cambrige
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when are the earliest records of slave trading in boston
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1688
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when is a city also a cosmopolitan settlement
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one that permits a variety of lifestyles and the coexistence of different types of people
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when it comes to NYC's night life, which places have the cheapest drinks and sometimes even free food
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dive bars
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when was harvard university established and for whom has it been named
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1636,,,,, named for bennifactor john harvard
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when was the Brooklyn Bridge built, and who designed it
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built in 1867 by John Roblie
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where and when did walter firey test burgess's concentric zone hypothesis
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late 1930's early 1940's.... Boston
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where and when was the first world series of baseball played and between which teams? who won?
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honington avenue ball field vs pittsburg... boston won 1903
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where are john hancock, samuel adams, crispus attucks, paul revere, and possibly mother goose burried
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old granery burial ground
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Where does the history of Boston really Begin
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plimouth
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where has "Metropolis and Mental Life" (1903/1995), an essay by George Simmel (1868-1918), been extremely influential.
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in framing the sociological discussion of the social psychology of city life
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where in boston did the early freed slaves live, and of what significance was their african meeting house built in 1806
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North Slope of Beacan Hill,,, first independant black church in america
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where is the focus of urban ecology reported to be and what has been its source
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ecological processes as they affect urban settlements...analogical, biological and environemntal factors and forces
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where was the telephone invented and by whom
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Boston, by Alexander Gram Bell
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which neighborhood is home to the biggest hispanic community and where is this neighborhood located in NYC, moreover from where do most of its hispanic inhabitants come
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Williamsburg,, neighborhood in Brookyln... Most of the inhabitants come from Puerto Rico
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which two (2) prominant African American communites in NYC does ian wright visit
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which was the largest immigrant group to come to NYC, and where did most of them settle in the city
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East European Jews.... settleing in the lower east side
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which well known ethnic neighborhood in NYC has not been mentioned and which 2 very prominant NYC ethnic groups- each sponsoring a popular parade in the fall and spring seasons, respectively- are not given much mention in this videotape about NYC
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Little Italy not mentioned
Italian Americans and Irish Americans aren't mentioned |
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Who are hosts in this videotape, and what has happened bc NYC is a city that is so good
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eyon right and megan mcormic
They name it twice |
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who was james michael curley
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mayor of boston, 2 terms in congress, term as govenor of Mass.
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who were charles stuart and carol dimaiti
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couple on there way through area B.... All American Couple....drove through mission hills and were allegedly robbed and carol and her unborn child were murdered..... charles lived....Carol was an academic, a lawyer... Charles was not but he went from flipping burgers to being GM at a fur store with a salary in excess of $100,000 a year...Charles wanted to open his own restaurant in downtown... took large insurance policy out once married
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who were some intellectual leaders of the so called boston bloodless revolution
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Ralph walter emmerson
nethanial hauthorn louisa may alcott henry longfella henry theroa |
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who were the 54th massachusetts regiment in the civil war
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all black regiment
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why are there no longer 3 hills in boston? and what was the questionable history of one of them, "Beacan Hill"
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no longer 3 hills bc leveled to fill in back bay section of boston .. beacan hill part reduced by 80ft... redlight district (prostitution)
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why did racism get worse in boston during the 1970s
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federal courts ruled bussing black and white schools to increase diversity and integration
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why does professor Levin call Charles Stuart really the all- American sociopath
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last person anyone would suspect to have murdered his wife.... the way he conspired made it difficult not to believe his story
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why has NYC's brighton beach section been named the "Little Odessa" neighborhood
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Because it's home to thousands of Russians.... Russian Jews fled Hitler Decendants of those who fled russian in 1917 bc of Communist Revolution
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why is boston described as a town of "uneasy ecclecticism"
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place where they have historic churches and war memorials...
side by side towering sky skrapers ivy league universities workers from different classes etc |
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why is boston named boston and why is its "boston common" historically significant
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boston was name of puritans home in england....boston common is oldest public park in US
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why is hotel Chelsea a creative place
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lots of artsy people stay there
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why was the mission hill community outraged
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bc the killer was not a black man let alone from area B
rights stepped on due to racism etc |
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why was there no rioting in "area b" despite the outrage
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DiMaiti family eased the tension focussing on racial harmony...etc and the Mission Hill Community leaders
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why were boston police tactics questioned in this case
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Inavssive on peoples privacy...
violating peoples civil rights |
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why were stuarts driving through mission hill in october of 1989; what happened
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leaving brigham and womens hospital...took a short cut.... both shot during alleged robbery.. carol dies charles is wounded.. unborn child dies after emergebcy C section.
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with whose contributions does this article's discussion of urbanism begin
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Robert Ezra Park
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