The names given to the towns of New England during the colonial period formed the largest group of place names drawn upon in the naming of places (counties, townships, and aggregated communities) in the western territories and states after the attainment of independence by the United States. ...
New England still favored wood, though brick houses became common in Boston and other towns, where the danger of fire urged the use of more durable material. A few houses in New England were built of stone, but only in Pennsylvania and neighboring areas were stone widely used in ...
New England still favored wood, though brick houses became common in Boston and other towns, where the danger of fire gave an impetus to the use of more durable material. A few houses in New England were built of stone, but only in Pennsylvania and adjacent areas was stone widely used in...
Increasing wealth and growing sophistication (文化修养) throughout the colonies resulted in houses of improved design, whether the material was wood, stone, or brick. New England still favored wood, though brick houses became common in Boston and other towns, where the danger of fire gave an ...
B. towns were few. C. illiteracy was high. D. the urban audience for books and newspapers was cant. E. there was little of the religious ferment and zeal that inspired such a tide of literature to flow from Puritan New England.
Among the leaders of the movement were the partners at McKim, Mead and White, who had made a tour of New England's historic towns in 1878. In the early phase, the Colonial Revival style remained the exclusive domain of fashionable architectural firms and was favored for the large residences...
37、odel for villages and towns. The new England colonies of village management authorities was very strict, allowed residents to leave the village living alone. Throughout the archives, many authorities have ordered people away from settlements to return to their former communities. However, the ol...
In the early 1750s, the most densely populated towns of eastern and southern New England had begun importing substantial quantities of flour and rice from the middle and southern colonies to compensate for grain deficits that developed in their region. Other urban areas followed their example, ...
Over the last decade the study of ‘realms of memory’ has been a growing field, pioneered by Pierre Nora’s magisterial Les Lieux de mémoire.1 Statues, hôtels de ville and monuments aux morts the church and the café, as well as famous...
Here the conditions approximated more nearly to those of the English agricultural districts and towns. They drew to them Puritan gentry, burghers, and yeomen. There was no demand for slave labour, nor did the soil grow products for export as in the South; while, on the other hand, the set...