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Last harvest : how a cornfield became New Daleville : real estate development in America from George Washington to the builders of the twenty-first century, and why we live in houses anyway / Witold Rybczynski.
Author
Rybczynski, Witold
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York, NY : Scribner,
©2007.
Description
x, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
HT169.57.U62 N497 2007
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Subject(s)
Planned communities
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Pennsylvania
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Londonderry (Chester County : Township)
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Case studies
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Real estate development
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United States
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History
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Housing
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United States
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History
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New Daleville (Pa.)
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History
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Case studies
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Summary note
Traces the creation of a Pennsylvania residential subdivision from its planning stage to the residence of its first owners, in an account that offers insight into the long process of development and how it is related to sprawl and ex-urban growth.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-296) and index.
Contents
pt. 1
Prologue
1. The developer
2. Seaside
3. Epiphanies
4. Last harvest
5. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of real estate
6. Joe's deal
7. On the bus
8. Meetings
9. Scatteration
10. More meetings
pt. 2
11. Drop by drop
12. On the way to exurbia
13. Design matters
14. Locked in
15. House and home
16. Generic traditional
17. The dream
18. Builders
19. A compromise
pt. 3
20. Trade-offs
21. Mike and Mike
22. Ranchers, picture windows, and morning rooms
23. Pushing dirt
24. The market rules
25. Bumps in the road
26. Hard sell
27. Competition
28. The spreadsheet buyers
29. Moving day
Postscript
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index.
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ISBN
9780743235969
0743235967
LCCN
2006052136
OCLC
76064779
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