The American Suburb
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The American Suburb
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Author : Jon C. Teaford
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-09-10
The American Suburb written by Jon C. Teaford and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-10 with Business & Economics categories.
The American Suburb: The Basics is a compact, readable introduction to the origins and contemporary realities of the American suburb. Teaford provides an account of contemporary American suburbia, examining its rise, its diversity, its commercial life, its government, and its housing issues. While offering a wide-ranging yet detailed account of the dominant way of life in America today, Teaford also explores current debates regarding suburbia’s future. Americans live in suburbia, and this essential survey explains the all-important world in which they live, shop, play, and work.
The Life Of The North American Suburbs
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Author : Jan Nijman
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2020
The Life Of The North American Suburbs written by Jan Nijman and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Political Science categories.
This is the first comprehensive look at the role of North American suburbs in the last half century, departing from traditional and outdated notions of American suburbia.
The Sprawl
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Author : Jason Diamond
language : en
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Release Date : 2020-08-11
The Sprawl written by Jason Diamond and has been published by Coffee House Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-11 with Social Science categories.
For decades the suburbs have been where art happens despite: despite the conformity, the emptiness, the sameness. Time and again, the story is one of gems formed under pressure and that resentment of the suburbs is the key ingredient for creative transcendence. But what if, contrary to that, the suburb has actually been an incubator for distinctly American art, as positively and as surely as in any other cultural hothouse? Mixing personal experience, cultural reportage, and history while rejecting clichés and pieties and these essays stretch across the country in an effort to show that this uniquely American milieu deserves another look.
A Better Place To Live
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Author : Philip Langdon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
A Better Place To Live written by Philip Langdon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Suburbs categories.
Henry Ford S Plan For The American Suburb
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Author : Heather Barrow
language : en
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Release Date : 2018-10-29
Henry Ford S Plan For The American Suburb written by Heather Barrow and has been published by Northern Illinois University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-29 with Automobile industry and trade categories.
Around Detroit, suburbanization was led by Henry Ford, who not only located a massive factory over the city's border in Dearborn, but also was the first industrialist to make the automobile a mass consumer item. So, suburbanization in the 1920s was spurred simultaneously by the migration of the automobile industry and the mobility of automobile users. A welfare capitalist, Ford was a leader on many fronts--he raised wages, increased leisure time, and transformed workers into consumers, and he was the most effective at making suburbs an intrinsic part of American life. The decade was dominated by this new political economy--also known as "Fordism"--linking mass production and consumption. The rise of Dearborn demonstrated that Fordism was connected to mass suburbanization as well. Ultimately, Dearborn proved to be a model that was repeated throughout the nation, as people of all classes relocated to suburbs, shifting away from central cities. Mass suburbanization was a national phenomenon. Yet the example of Detroit is an important baseline since the trend was more discernable there than elsewhere. Suburbanization, however, was never a simple matter of outlying communities growing in parallel with cities. Instead, resources were diverted from central cities as they were transferred to the suburbs. The example of the Detroit metropolis asks whether the mass suburbanization which originated there represented the "American dream," and if so, by whom and at what cost. This book will appeal to those interested in cities and suburbs, American studies, technology and society, political economy, working-class culture, welfare state systems, transportation, race relations, and business management.
Westchester
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Author : Roger G. Panetta
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2006
Westchester written by Roger G. Panetta and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art categories.
Today, more than half of Americans live in suburbs. A far cry from the "crabgrass frontier" of modest bedroom communities built for urban strivers, today's sprawling, self-contained suburbs define our cultural landscape. This fascinating book chronicles - in word and images - the history,development, and character of suburban America with an illuminating account of one of its signature places: Westchester, New York. Designed as a companion to a major exhibition at The Hudson River Museum, the book brings together original essays by leading historians and other experts, and a rich selection of photographs, paintings, maps, ephemera, and other images that track more than century of growth, development, andchange. The essays explore key themes that run through Westchester's legacy: the new transportation grids that make all suburbs possible, the suburban house as a new focal point for family life, the creation of a new domesticity, consumerism and community, architecture and nature. Also covered is therepresentation of suburban life in film, literature, art, photography, and the media. From Washington Irving's Sunnyside home built in 1830 to the virtual New Rochelle home of The Dick Van Dyke Show's Rob and Laura Petrie, Westchester has been the iconic American suburb - loved and hated, desired and abandoned. Like the exhibition whose name it shares, this book is not just atestimony to a time gone by - but a vivid and provocative encounter with the porches, patios, and parkways that define the American dream.
The End Of The Suburbs
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Author : Leigh Gallagher
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2013-08-01
The End Of The Suburbs written by Leigh Gallagher and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-01 with Social Science categories.
“The government in the past created one American Dream at the expense of almost all others: the dream of a house, a lawn, a picket fence, two children, and a car. But there is no single American Dream anymore.” For nearly 70 years, the suburbs were as American as apple pie. As the middle class ballooned and single-family homes and cars became more affordable, we flocked to pre-fabricated communities in the suburbs, a place where open air and solitude offered a retreat from our dense, polluted cities. Before long, success became synonymous with a private home in a bedroom community complete with a yard, a two-car garage and a commute to the office, and subdivisions quickly blanketed our landscape. But in recent years things have started to change. An epic housing crisis revealed existing problems with this unique pattern of development, while the steady pull of long-simmering economic, societal and demographic forces has culminated in a Perfect Storm that has led to a profound shift in the way we desire to live. In The End of the Suburbs journalist Leigh Gallagher traces the rise and fall of American suburbia from the stately railroad suburbs that sprung up outside American cities in the 19th and early 20th centuries to current-day sprawling exurbs where residents spend as much as four hours each day commuting. Along the way she shows why suburbia was unsustainable from the start and explores the hundreds of new, alternative communities that are springing up around the country and promise to reshape our way of life for the better. Not all suburbs are going to vanish, of course, but Gallagher’s research and reporting show the trends are undeniable. Consider some of the forces at work: The nuclear family is no more: Our marriage and birth rates are steadily declining, while the single-person households are on the rise. Thus, the good schools and family-friendly lifestyle the suburbs promised are increasingly unnecessary. We want out of our cars: As the price of oil continues to rise, the hours long commutes forced on us by sprawl have become unaffordable for many. Meanwhile, today’s younger generation has expressed a perplexing indifference toward cars and driving. Both shifts have fueled demand for denser, pedestrian-friendly communities. Cities are booming. Once abandoned by the wealthy, cities are experiencing a renaissance, especially among younger generations and families with young children. At the same time, suburbs across the country have had to confront never-before-seen rates of poverty and crime. Blending powerful data with vivid on the ground reporting, Gallagher introduces us to a fascinating cast of characters, including the charismatic leader of the anti-sprawl movement; a mild-mannered Minnesotan who quit his job to convince the world that the suburbs are a financial Ponzi scheme; and the disaffected residents of suburbia, like the teacher whose punishing commute entailed leaving home at 4 a.m. and sleeping under her desk in her classroom. Along the way, she explains why understanding the shifts taking place is imperative to any discussion about the future of our housing landscape and of our society itself—and why that future will bring us stronger, healthier, happier and more diverse communities for everyone.
Suburbia
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Author : Philip C. Dolce
language : en
Publisher: Anchor Books
Release Date : 1976
Suburbia written by Philip C. Dolce and has been published by Anchor Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Suburbs categories.
The Poetics Of The American Suburbs
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Author : Jo Gill
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-10-16
The Poetics Of The American Suburbs written by Jo Gill and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-16 with Literary Criticism categories.
The first scholarly study of the rich body of poetry that emerged from the post-war American suburbs, Gill evaluates the work of forty poets, including Anne Sexton, Langston Hughes, and John Updike. Combining textual analysis and archival research, this book offers a new perspective on the field of twentieth-century American literature.
Borderland
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Author : John R. Stilgoe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Borderland written by John R. Stilgoe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Social Science categories.
Portrays the American suburbs from their beginnings in the mid-1800s to the onset of World War II and focuses on their appearance, people's reaction to them and their importance to society