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A Place Called Paradise: Culture and Community in Northampton, Massachusetts, 1654-2004
K.W. Buckley
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Description for A Place Called Paradise: Culture and Community in Northampton, Massachusetts, 1654-2004
Hardcover. Many of the main currents of American life have flowed through Northampton, a town situated on the banks of the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts. To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of Northampton, "A Place Called Paradise" brings together a broad range of writing on the city's rich heritage. Num Pages: 544 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1016.
In 1790, President Timothy Dwight of Yale offered this description of Northampton, a town situated on the banks of the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts: ""The inhabitants of this valley possess a common character,"" he remarked. ""Even the beauty of the scenery, scarcely found in the same degree elsewhere, becomes a source of pride as well as enjoyment."" For Dwight, the appeal of the place lay in its proportions, which epitomized eighteenth-century ideas about the proper balance between the natural world and the built environment. Northampton evoked equally powerful visions in others. To minister Jonathan Edwards it was a stage ... Read more
In 1790, President Timothy Dwight of Yale offered this description of Northampton, a town situated on the banks of the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts: ""The inhabitants of this valley possess a common character,"" he remarked. ""Even the beauty of the scenery, scarcely found in the same degree elsewhere, becomes a source of pride as well as enjoyment."" For Dwight, the appeal of the place lay in its proportions, which epitomized eighteenth-century ideas about the proper balance between the natural world and the built environment. Northampton evoked equally powerful visions in others. To minister Jonathan Edwards it was a stage ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558494855
SKU
V9781558494855
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About K.W. Buckley
Kerry W. Buckley is executive director of Historic Northampton. He is author of Mechanical Man: John Broadus Watson and the Beginnings of Behaviorism and coeditor of Letters from an American Utopia: The Stetson Family and the Northampton Association, 1843-1847.
Reviews for A Place Called Paradise: Culture and Community in Northampton, Massachusetts, 1654-2004
Reform and commerce; twentieth-century feminism and Cold War homophobia. The next-best-thing to living in Northampton is reading this wonderful volume. - Paul S. Boyer, editor, The Oxford Companion to United States History