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 [Browse]
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 Browse related items Request
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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.
      ISBN
      • 9780743235969
      • 0743235967
      LCCN
      2006052136
      OCLC
      76064779
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