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Achieving Full Citizenship: An Institutional Approach to the Political Incorporation of Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada
Creating an Anti-Growth Regulatory Regime: A Case from Greater Boston
History of Boston's Economy: Growth and Transition, 1970-1998
I Love That City, But Which City? Urban Change and Urban Identity in Basel, Boston, and Cologne
Implementing Urban Waterfront Redevelopment in an Historic Context: A Case Study of the Boston Naval Shipyard- the Politics of Boston's Linkage Policy
Making a Name: Women's Surnames at Marriage and Beyond
Market Reaction to Public Information: The Atypical Case of the Boston Celtics
Mobilizing Geography: Locating Space in Social Movement Theory
Now That We Do: Same Sex Couples - A Demographic and Economic Perspective
One-Fifth of America: A Comprehensive Guide to America's First Suburbs
Overrepresentation of Bilingual and Poor Children in Special Education Classes: A Continuing Problem
Protestant-Catholic-Buddhist: Korean Americans and Religious Adaptation in Greater Boston
Reinventing Boston, 1640 - 2003
Remaking Public Service Broadcasting: Lessons from Allston-Brighton Free Radio
Street Culture in Cambridge, Massachusetts?: The Perceptions of "Poor", "At-Risk" Teens Near Harvard
Streets of Glory: Church and Community in a Black Urban Neighborhood
The First Community Health Centers
The New Face of Greater Boston: Meeting the Needs of Immigrants
The Origins of Women's Activism: New York and Boston, 1797-1840
Tufts University’s Involvement in Public School Desegregation in Boston, Massachusetts, 1960-1980
Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio

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