Background
Hoffman, Alexander von was born on July 11, 1951 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Nicholas and Ann Cremin von Hoffman.
( In Local Attachments Alexander von Hoffman explores the...)
In Local Attachments Alexander von Hoffman explores the emergence of the modern urban neighborhood in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by examining Boston's outer-city neighborhood, Jamaica Plain. Like other American urban neighborhoods of the era, Jamaica Plain experienced the arrival of many ethnic groups, a house-building boom for members of every social class, and the creation of commercial, industrial, and recreational areas within its boundaries. Despite this diversity, a vital neighborhood culture bound the residents of the neighborhood together. Yet in the end, political reformers and twentieth-century mores shattered the unity of the turn-of-the-century neighborhood and contributed to a decline in the quality of urban life. Drawn from a wealth of primary sources and illustrated with more than fifty photographs and maps, Local Attachments offers a detailed look, from the inside out, of the evolution of urban America.
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Hoffman, Alexander von was born on July 11, 1951 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Nicholas and Ann Cremin von Hoffman.
Bachelor summa cum laude, University Massachusetts, Boston, 1977. Master of Arts, University Massachusetts, Boston, 1979. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1980.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1986.
Assistant professor department visual and environmental studies, Harvard University Graduate School Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986-1990; associate professor department visual and environmental studies, Harvard University Graduate School Design, Cambridge, 1990-1995; fellow Taubman Center for State and Local Government, Harvard University Kennedy School Government, Cambridge, 1995-1997; senior research fellow, Joint Center for Housing Studies Center-Harvard University, Cambridge, since 1998. Board directors The Bostonian Society, Boston.
( In Local Attachments Alexander von Hoffman explores the...)
Member American History Association, Organisation American Historians, American Studies Association, SocialSci. History Association, Society for American City and Regional Planning History. M C.
Married Glenna Lang, July 5, 1951. 1 child, Esmé.