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Building suburbia : green fields and urban growth, 1820-2000 / Dolores Hayden.
Author
Hayden, Dolores
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/Created
New York : Pantheon Books, ©2003.
Description
xiii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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HT352.U5 H39 2003
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Suburbs
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United States
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History
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Urbanization
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United States
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History
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Land use
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United States
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History
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Real estate development
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United States
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History
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Suburban homes
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United States
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History
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Metropolitan areas
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United States
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History
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Suburban life
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United States
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Summary note
Annotation A comprehensive history of the contested cultural landscape where most Americans now live. For almost two centuries Americans have been moving to the suburbs in search of affordable family housing, unspoiled nature, and small-town sociability--only to find that their leafy new neighborhoods are part of a growing metropolitan sprawl. From nineteenth-century utopian communities and elite, picturesque enclaves, to early twentieth-century streetcar subdivisions and owner-built tracts, to the vast postwar sitcom suburbs and the subsidized malls and office parks that followed (on a scale that earlier builders could never have imagined), Dolores Hayden explores the interplay of natural and built environments, the complex antagonisms between real-estate developers and suburban residents, the hidden role of the federal government, and the religious and ideological overtones of the "American dream" embedded in the suburbs. And she makes a strong case for the revitalization of existing neighborhoods in place of unchecked new growth on rural fringes. Few readers will see the ubiquitous suburbs in the same way again.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-302) and index.
Contents
The American metropolitan landscape. The shapes of suburbia ; The suburban city
Historic patterns in the landscape. Borderlands ; Picturesque enclaves ; Streetcar buildouts ; Mail-order and self-built suburbs ; Sitcom suburbs ; Edge nodes ; Rural fringes
The next suburbs. Nostalgia and futurism ; The importance of older suburbs.
ISBN
0375421289
9780375421280
LCCN
2003042046
OCLC
51476965
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