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| | |  the Berkshires: Encyclopedia - Northeastern United StatesThe Northeastern United States is a region of the United States of America defined by the US Census Bureau. The Northeast is bordered to the north by Canada, to the west by the Midwest, to the south by the South, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. Its largest city, New York City, is also the largest city and metropolitan area in the United States.
As defined by the Census Bureau, the Northeast region of the United States covers nine states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania ...
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| | | | the Berkshires: Encyclopedia II - Massachusetts - Politics
Massachusetts - Banned in Boston.
During the first half of the 1900s Boston was socially conservative, and strongly under the influence of Methodist minister J. Frank Chase and his New England Watch and Ward Society, founded in 1878. In 1903, the Old Corner Bookstore was raided and fined for selling Boccaccio's Decameron. Howard Johnson's got its start when Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude was banned in Boston, and the production had to be moved to Quincy. In 1927, works by Sinclair Lewis, Ernest Hemingway, Joh ...
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Northeastern United States - Language Ethnicity and Religion.
Culturally, the Northeast is somewhat different from the rest of the United States. While some regions of the United States, such as the U.S. South, are predominately Protestant, half of the states in the Northeast are predominantly Catholic, with Rhode Island having the highest percentage of Catholics in the U.S. The Northeast is also home to many other religious groups. For example, New York has the highest percentage of Jews in the nation, followed ...
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Northeastern United States - Language Ethnicity and Religion.
Culturally, the Northeast is somewhat different from the rest of the United States. While some regions of the United States, such as the U.S. South, are predominantly Protestant, half of the states in the Northeast are predominantly Catholic, with Rhode Island having the highest percentage of Catholics in the U.S. The Northeast is also home to many other religious groups. For example, New York has the highest percentage of Jews in the nation, followed ...
See also:Northeastern United States, Northeastern United States - Geography, Northeastern United States - History, Northeastern United States - New England, Northeastern United States - The Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States - Culture, Northeastern United States - Language Ethnicity and Religion, Northeastern United States - Urban Suburban and Rural, Northeastern United States - Economy, Northeastern United States - Politics, Northeastern United States - Historical Politics, Northeastern United States - Northeastern Politics Today, Northeastern United States - Some Famous Northeasterners Read more here: » Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia II - Northeastern United States - Culture |
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| | | | the Berkshires: Encyclopedia II - Pioneer Valley - Economy The Pioneer Valley has a broadly varied economic base.
Pioneer Valley - Franklin County.
Franklin County in the north serves as a significant agricultural region despite its size, due to the rich topsoil found in the area. The valley's sweet corn and asparagus are considered, especially among New Englanders to be some of the world's finest. Cow Corn, potatoes, and shade-grown tobacco are also major crops. Fields of all sort, particularly corn and tobacco fields, as well as numerous farmh ...
See also:Pioneer Valley, Pioneer Valley - Geography, Pioneer Valley - Demographics, Pioneer Valley - Franklin County, Pioneer Valley - Hampshire County, Pioneer Valley - Hampden County, Pioneer Valley - Ethnicity, Pioneer Valley - Culture, Pioneer Valley - Bookstores, Pioneer Valley - Art, Pioneer Valley - Gaming, Pioneer Valley - Economy, Pioneer Valley - Franklin County, Pioneer Valley - Hampshire County, Pioneer Valley - Hampden County, Pioneer Valley - Ecology Read more here: » Pioneer Valley: Encyclopedia II - Pioneer Valley - Economy |
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| | | | the Berkshires: Encyclopedia II - Western Massachusetts - Geography Western Massachusetts can be divided into approximately four zones running from north to south across the region.
Western Massachusetts - The Berkshires.
The Berkshire Mountains are a branch of the ancient Appalachian Mountains in the extreme west of the state, consisting approximately of Berkshire County. The chief cities in the area are Pittsfield and North Adams.
Western Massachusetts - The Hill Towns.
The Hill Towns more or less include the areas of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties between the ...
See also:Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts - Geography, Western Massachusetts - The Berkshires, Western Massachusetts - The Hill Towns, Western Massachusetts - The Valley, Western Massachusetts - The Amherst Hill Towns, Western Massachusetts - People, Western Massachusetts - Personality, Western Massachusetts - History, Western Massachusetts - Higher Education, Western Massachusetts - Claims to Fame, Western Massachusetts - Famous residents, Western Massachusetts - Tourism sites Read more here: » Western Massachusetts: Encyclopedia II - Western Massachusetts - Geography |
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| | | | the Berkshires: Encyclopedia II - The Human Stain - Plot summary The Human Stain takes place in the late 1990s in rural New England. The first person narrator is 65-year-old author Nathan Zuckerman, a character in previous Roth novels, including The Ghost Writer (1979) and Zuckerman Bound (1981). He is largely an observer rather than the protagonist of the novel. He had prostate cancer and, consequently, was operated on, an operation that has left him both impotent and incontinent. Now he has embarked on the final part of his life and lives as a recluse in the Berkshires in New Englan ...
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| | | | the Berkshires: Encyclopedia II - Massachusetts - History
Massachusetts - Early settlement.
Various Algonquin tribes inhabited the area prior to European settlement. In the Massachusetts Bay area resided the Massachusett. Near the Vermont and New Hampshire borders and the Merrimack River valley was the traditional home of the Pennacook tribe. Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and southeast Massachusetts were the home of the Wampanoag, whom the Pilgrims met. The extreme end of the Cape was inhabited by the closely related Nauset tribe. Much of the central portion a ...
See also:Massachusetts, Massachusetts - Name, Massachusetts - Mass-adchu-et, Massachusetts - Commonwealth, Massachusetts - Geography, Massachusetts - History, Massachusetts - Early settlement, Massachusetts - Europeans: Pilgrims Puritans and Yankees 1620-1686, Massachusetts - Colonial Maturity 1686-1765, Massachusetts - Revolutionary Massachusetts 1765-1780, Massachusetts - Federalist Era 1780-1815, Massachusetts - Leader in industrialization 1815-1860, Massachusetts - Civil War and Gilded Age 1860-1900, Massachusetts - Prosperity decades 1900-1929, Massachusetts - Depression and war 1929-1945, Massachusetts - Economic changes: decline of manufacturing 1945-1980, Massachusetts - Modern economy and society 1980-2006, Massachusetts - Other notable history, Massachusetts - Economy, Massachusetts - Demographics, Massachusetts - Population, Massachusetts - Race and Ancestry, Massachusetts - Religion, Massachusetts - Government, Massachusetts - Legal holidays observed, Massachusetts - Politics, Massachusetts - Banned in Boston, Massachusetts - Liberal reputation, Massachusetts - Defamation of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts - Contemporary political issues, Massachusetts - Famous politicians and public figures, Massachusetts - Massachusetts cities towns and counties, Massachusetts - Education and research, Massachusetts - The central role of education, Massachusetts - Public schools, Massachusetts - Professional sports, Massachusetts - Trivia Read more here: » Massachusetts: Encyclopedia II - Massachusetts - History |
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| | | | the Berkshires: Encyclopedia II - Williams College - Distinguishing features
Williams College - School colors and origins thereof.
Williams's primary school color is purple.
The story goes that at the Williams-Harvard baseball game in 1869, spectators, watching from carriages, had trouble telling the teams apart (there were no uniforms) so one of the onlookers bought ribbons from a nearby millinery store to pin on Williams' players. The only color available was purple. The buyer was Jennie Jerome (later Winsto ...
See also:Williams College, Williams College - History, Williams College - Presidents, Williams College - Commencement Speakers, Williams College - Distinguishing features, Williams College - School colors and origins thereof, Williams College - Purple cow, Williams College - Alma mater, Williams College - Student media, Williams College - Williams Trivia, Williams College - The Old Hopkins Observatory, Williams College - Williams College Museum of Art, Williams College - Chapin Library, Williams College - Alumni society, Williams College - Notable alumni, Williams College - Sports, Williams College - Academics Read more here: » Williams College: Encyclopedia II - Williams College - Distinguishing features |
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| | | | the Berkshires: Encyclopedia II - Massachusetts - Massachusetts cities, towns and counties There are 50 cities and 301 towns in Massachusetts, grouped into 14 counties.
Massachusetts shares with the five other New England states, plus New York and New Jersey, a governmental structure known as the New England town.
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See also:Massachusetts, Massachusetts - Name, Massachusetts - Mass-adchu-et, Massachusetts - Commonwealth, Massachusetts - Geography, Massachusetts - History, Massachusetts - Early settlement, Massachusetts - Europeans: Pilgrims, Puritans and Yankees 1620-1686, Massachusetts - Colonial Maturity 1686-1765, Massachusetts - Revolutionary Massachusetts 1765-1780, Massachusetts - Federalist Era 1780-1815, Massachusetts - Leader in industrialization 1815-1860, Massachusetts - Civil War and Gilded Age 1860-1900, Massachusetts - Prosperity decades 1900-1929, Massachusetts - Depression and war 1929-1945, Massachusetts - Economic changes: decline of manufacturing 1945-1980, Massachusetts - Modern economy and society 1980-2006, Massachusetts - Other notable history, Massachusetts - Economy, Massachusetts - Demographics, Massachusetts - Population, Massachusetts - Race and Ancestry, Massachusetts - Religion, Massachusetts - Government, Massachusetts - Legal holidays observed, Massachusetts - Politics, Massachusetts - Banned in Boston, Massachusetts - Liberal reputation, Massachusetts - Defamation of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts - Contemporary political issues, Massachusetts - Famous politicians and public figures, Massachusetts - Massachusetts cities, towns and counties, Massachusetts - Education and research, Massachusetts - The central role of education, Massachusetts - Public schools, Massachusetts - Professional sports, Massachusetts - Trivia Read more here: » Massachusetts: Encyclopedia II - Massachusetts - Massachusetts cities, towns and counties |
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| | | | the Berkshires: Encyclopedia II - Massachusetts - Geography Massachusetts is bordered on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, on the west by New York, on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. At the southeastern corner of the state is a large, sandy, arm-shaped peninsula called Cape Cod. The islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket lie to the south of Cape Cod.
Massachusetts is known as the Bay State because of the several large bays that give its coastline its distinctive shape: Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay on the state's east coast, and Buzzards Bay to the ...
See also:Massachusetts, Massachusetts - Name, Massachusetts - Mass-achu-sets, Massachusetts - Commonwealth, Massachusetts - Geography, Massachusetts - History, Massachusetts - Economy, Massachusetts - Demographics, Massachusetts - Population, Massachusetts - Race and Ancestry, Massachusetts - Religion, Massachusetts - Government, Massachusetts - Legal holidays observed, Massachusetts - Politics, Massachusetts - Banned in Boston, Massachusetts - Liberal reputation, Massachusetts - Defamation of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts - Contemporary political issues, Massachusetts - Famous politicians and public figures, Massachusetts - Massachusetts cities towns and counties, Massachusetts - Education and research, Massachusetts - The central role of education, Massachusetts - Public schools, Massachusetts - Professional sports, Massachusetts - Trivia Read more here: » Massachusetts: Encyclopedia II - Massachusetts - Geography |
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| | | | the Berkshires: Encyclopedia II - Massachusetts - Name
Massachusetts - Mass-achu-sets.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was named after the indigenous population, the Massachusett, whose name can be segmented as mass-achu-sets, where mass is "great", achu is "hill" and sets is a locative suffix. It has been translated as "at the great hill," "at the place of large hills," or "at the range of hills," with reference to the Blue Hills, or in particular, Great Blue Hill, located on the boundary of Milton and Canton, to the southwest of Boston.
Massachusetts - Commonwealth.
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| | | | the Berkshires: Encyclopedia II - Northeastern United States - Some Famous Northeasterners
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See also:Northeastern United States, Northeastern United States - Geography, Northeastern United States - History, Northeastern United States - New England, Northeastern United States - The Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States - Culture, Northeastern United States - Language Ethnicity and Religion, Northeastern United States - Urban Suburban and Rural, Northeastern United States - Economy, Northeastern United States - Politics, Northeastern United States - Historical Politics, Northeastern United States - Northeastern Politics Today, Northeastern United States - Some Famous Northeasterners Read more here: » Northeastern United States: Encyclopedia II - Northeastern United States - Some Famous Northeasterners |
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| | | | the Berkshires: Encyclopedia II - Northeastern United States - Economy Until World War II, the Northeast's economy was largely driven by industry. In the second half of the 20th century, most of New England's traditional industries have relocated to states or foreign countries where goods can be made more cheaply. In more than a few factory towns, skilled workers have been left without jobs. The gap has been partly filled by the microelectronics, computer and biotech industries, fed by talent f ...
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| | | | the Berkshires: Encyclopedia II - Northeastern United States - Politics The Northeast region is known for its political liberalism. For example, every state in the region voted for John Kerry in the 2004 election. However, Pennsylvania is considered a Battleground state, meaning that either a Republican or Democratic Presidential candidate could win Pennsylvania. In 2000, Pennsylvania voted 51-47 for Al Gore; in 2004, it voted 51-49 for John Kerry. New Hampshire is also a battleground state. In 2000, it barely went to George W. Bush, but in 2004, due to Ralph Nader's lower vote total, John Kerry won New Hampshire 51-49.
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| | | | the Berkshires: Encyclopedia II - Western Massachusetts - People By the definition described at top, in the year 2000 the region had 834,358 residents, a population greater than that of five US states; however, Springfield and Hartford are often considered twin cities, which almost doubles the number of inhabitants in the region.
Western Massachusetts - Personality.
Many residents of Western Massachusetts take a cynical attitude towards Boston, the state's capital and largest city. The widespread belief -- fuelled by incidents such as the former state House Speaker use ...
See also:Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts - Geography, Western Massachusetts - The Berkshires, Western Massachusetts - The Hill Towns, Western Massachusetts - The Valley, Western Massachusetts - The Amherst Hill Towns, Western Massachusetts - People, Western Massachusetts - Personality, Western Massachusetts - History, Western Massachusetts - Higher Education, Western Massachusetts - Claims to Fame, Western Massachusetts - Famous residents, Western Massachusetts - Tourism sites Read more here: » Western Massachusetts: Encyclopedia II - Western Massachusetts - People |
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| | | | the Berkshires: Encyclopedia II - Massachusetts - Economy The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that Massachusetts's total state product in 2003 was $297 billion. Per capita personal income in 2004 was $42,102, making it the 2nd highest in the country behind Connecticut.
Its agricultural outputs are seafood, nursery stock, dairy products, cranberries, and vegetables. Its industrial outputs are machinery, electric equipment, scientific instruments, printing, and publishing. Thanks largely to the Ocean Spray cooperative, Massachusetts is the second largest cranberry producing state in the ...
See also:Massachusetts, Massachusetts - Name, Massachusetts - Mass-achu-sets, Massachusetts - Commonwealth, Massachusetts - Geography, Massachusetts - History, Massachusetts - Economy, Massachusetts - Demographics, Massachusetts - Population, Massachusetts - Race and Ancestry, Massachusetts - Religion, Massachusetts - Government, Massachusetts - Legal holidays observed, Massachusetts - Politics, Massachusetts - Banned in Boston, Massachusetts - Liberal reputation, Massachusetts - Defamation of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts - Contemporary political issues, Massachusetts - Famous politicians and public figures, Massachusetts - Massachusetts cities towns and counties, Massachusetts - Education and research, Massachusetts - The central role of education, Massachusetts - Public schools, Massachusetts - Professional sports, Massachusetts - Trivia Read more here: » Massachusetts: Encyclopedia II - Massachusetts - Economy |
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Massachusetts - The central role of education.
Massachusetts contains only 2.5% of the U.S. population, but is home to many of its most renowned preparatory schools, colleges, and universities[1] (see full list of colleges and universities in Massachusetts). There are 62 colleges located in the greater Boston area alone. The population of metropolitan Boston, in particular, surges during the school year (see list of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston).
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See also:Massachusetts, Massachusetts - Name, Massachusetts - Mass-achu-sets, Massachusetts - Commonwealth, Massachusetts - Geography, Massachusetts - History, Massachusetts - Economy, Massachusetts - Demographics, Massachusetts - Population, Massachusetts - Race and Ancestry, Massachusetts - Religion, Massachusetts - Government, Massachusetts - Legal holidays observed, Massachusetts - Politics, Massachusetts - Banned in Boston, Massachusetts - Liberal reputation, Massachusetts - Defamation of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts - Contemporary political issues, Massachusetts - Famous politicians and public figures, Massachusetts - Massachusetts cities towns and counties, Massachusetts - Education and research, Massachusetts - The central role of education, Massachusetts - Public schools, Massachusetts - Professional sports, Massachusetts - Trivia Read more here: » Massachusetts: Encyclopedia II - Massachusetts - Education and research |
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