Jim Vrabel
Autor(a) de When in Boston: A Time Line & Almanac
About the Author
Jim Vrabel is a longtime Boston community activist and historian. He is author of When in Boston: A Time Line Almanac and Homage to Henry: A Dramatization of John Berryman's "The Dream Songs."
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- 2
- Membros
- 42
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- #357,757
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- 4.5
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- 1
- ISBN
- 5
The book concludes with the 1983 mayoral election in which the candidates Ray Flynn and Mel King both represented the activism A lot of the issues discussed in this book seem so relevant to today's Boston. As Vrabel notes, activism and popular participation in politics today is once again minimal. It seems to me that most activist groups today are comfortable people who come together in NIMBY movements that border on the nihilistic so that it seems impossible to make any changes to the city even if it would be beneficial. Yet, this history shows how the political and corporate establishment of the past really tried to railroad changes through the city with no input at all and explains the deep and lingering mistrust.
It's a good, brisk book, more of an overview than a comprehensive history, and Vrabel includes the titles of more detailed books on each topic in every chapter for those who wish to conduct further research.
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