Kay, Jane Holtz.Lost Boston. Rev. ed. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. History of Boston, with more than 300 rare photographs documenting architectural, environmental, and sociological changes.
O'Connor, Thomas H.Boston: A to Z. Harvard University Press, 2000. People, places, and events in Boston history.
O'Connor, Thomas H.The Hub. Northeastern University Press, 2001. A history of Boston from the Revolutionary War to the Big Dig.
Whitehill, Walter Muir, and Lawrence W. Kennedy.Boston: A Topographical History. Harvard University Press, 2000. The growth and development of the city.
Brown, Richard D., and Jack Tager.Massachusetts: A Concise History. Rev. ed. University of Massachusetts Press, 2000. Readable, compact source.
Demos, John.A Little Commonwealth. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 1999. Calls into question the traditional image of the Puritans.
Fischer, David Hackett.Paul Revere's Ride. Oxford University Press, 1994. Narrative history of events leading to the American Revolution.
Gross, Robert.The Minutemen and Their World. Hill & Wang, 1976. Lives of Massachusetts settlers before the American Revolution, and the disruption by the war.
Morison, Samuel Eliot.The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783-1860. Houghton Mifflin, Reprint, Northeastern University Press, 1961. 1979. Thorough examination of the state's role as a sea power.
Pletcher, Larry B.It Happened in Massachusetts. Falcon, 1999. Popular history of the state; especially suited to middle-school and high school readers.
Wilkie, Richard W., and Jack Tager, eds.Historical Atlas of Massachusetts. University of Massachusetts Press, 1991. Reference source with maps, illustrations, and other visual aids.
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