New England

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The six states that make up the area known as
New England—Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and
Maine—hold a special place in the American
consciousness. Though small in area, these
states have made an impact on the nation's
history and thought out of all proportion to their
size.
Containing the site of one of the earliest
permanent settlements in North America,
Massachusetts has for centuries been in the
forefront of culture and education. It was in
Lexington, Massachusetts that the American
Revolution began, and it was the mills of Lowell
and Lynn that gave impetus to the Industrial
Revolution. From her remote farms, Vermont sent
a greater proportion of her sons to the Civil War
than did any other state, North or South. Later
she saw them leave to settle the grasslands and
the prairies of the West. Little Rhode Island,
founded on principles of tolerance, became the
summer playground of the rich during the
waning years of the... Tovább

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The six states that make up the area known as
New England—Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and
Maine—hold a special place in the American
consciousness. Though small in area, these
states have made an impact on the nation's
history and thought out of all proportion to their
size.
Containing the site of one of the earliest
permanent settlements in North America,
Massachusetts has for centuries been in the
forefront of culture and education. It was in
Lexington, Massachusetts that the American
Revolution began, and it was the mills of Lowell
and Lynn that gave impetus to the Industrial
Revolution. From her remote farms, Vermont sent
a greater proportion of her sons to the Civil War
than did any other state, North or South. Later
she saw them leave to settle the grasslands and
the prairies of the West. Little Rhode Island,
founded on principles of tolerance, became the
summer playground of the rich during the
waning years of the nineteenth century, while
Maine, for centuries the center of maritime trade
and shipbuilding, has become 'Vacationland' to
many Americans who live thousands of miles
away.
This book presents the region's many facets
as a series of images that summon up the very
essence of New England: a white meeting house
on a village green, golden elms and scarlet
maples arching over a country road, the tracks
of skis and small animals in the contrasting white
snow and indigo shadows of a late winter
afternoon, the wild roses moving in a summer
breeze against the silver shingles of a house on
Cape Cod. Vissza