Harvard Square by Catherine J. Turco PAPERBACK 9780231218771

Name: Harvard Square by Catherine J. Turco PAPERBACK 9780231218771
Brand: Columbia University Press

Columbia University Press

Harvard SquareA Love Story\nAuthor(s): Catherine J. Turco\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Columbia University Press, United States\nImprint: Columbia University Press\nISBN-13: 9780231218771, 978-0231218771\nSynopsis\nHarvard Square isnt what it used to be. Spend any time there, and youre bound to hear that lament. Yet people have been saying the very same thing for well over a century. So what does it really mean that Harvard Squareor any other beloved Main Street or downtownisnt what it used to be? Catherine J. Turco, an economic sociologist and longtime denizen of Harvard Square, set out to answer this question after she started to wonder about her own complicated feelings concerning the changing Square.\n\nDiving into Harvard Squares past and present, Turco explores why we love our local marketplaces and why we so often struggle with changes in them. Along the way, she introduces readers to a compelling set of characters, including the early twentieth-century businessmen who bonde.