Introduction 9(8)
Foreword 17(4)
David C. Smith
1 City on the Penobscot, from a Massachusetts Plantation to a Maine Municipality: Bangor's Early Years, 1769-1834
21(42)
2 How Bangor Made a City of a Town, 1834-1850
63(40)
3 Transportation, Overland and Over the Water, 1830s-1890s
103(48)
4 Diverging City Life, in Peace and in War, 1850-1869
151(46)
5 Adjusting to Change, 1870s-1890s
197(54)
6 Floods, Fire and Modernity: Bangor Enters the Twentieth Century, 1900-1920
251(50)
7 Recovery and Depression: Bangor in the 1920s and 1930s
301(58)
8 Bangor Reenters Prosperity and Then Begins to Soar, 1940-1960
359(50)
9 Modernity Continues: Urban Renewal and Business Growth in the Late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
409(38)
10 The Heart of the City: Changes and Continuity in the Local Community, 1960s-2000s
447(48)
List of Bangor Mayors and City Managers 495(6)
Notes 501(48)
Selected Bibliography 549(10)
Index 559(16)
About the Author 575