The Suburban Frontier
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The Suburban Frontier
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Author : Claire Mercer
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2024-09-03
The Suburban Frontier written by Claire Mercer and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-03 with History categories.
"African cities are under construction. Beyond the dazzling urban redevelopment schemes and large-scale infrastructure projects reconfiguring central city skylines, the majority of urban residents are putting their cash, energy, and aspirations into finding land and building homes on city edges. In the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam, the self-built suburban frontier has become the place where the middle classes are shaped. This book examines how investment in property-land, houses, and landscape-is central to middle-class formation and urban transformation in contemporary Africa"--
Jewish Identity On The Suburban Frontier
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Author : Marshall Sklare
language : en
Publisher:
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Jewish Identity On The Suburban Frontier written by Marshall Sklare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Jews categories.
Love Joanie
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Author : Irene Plouviez
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2017-11-06
Love Joanie written by Irene Plouviez and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
After the Second World War, the rural outskirts of Suburbia became America's newest Frontier. Millions left the urban centers of the nation for a new life, away from the smog, noise and expense of big-city living. Among those mid-century pioneers were Joanie and Ted Plouviez. In 1956, Joanie and Ted staked out their suburban homestead in the new village of Lindenhurst, Illinois, where they raised their two ""Boomer"" daughters. No stranger to country life, Ted makes the transition easily. But for Joanie, born and raised in Chicago, the joy of finding an affordable home soon gives way to a desperate longing for the family, culture and convenience of the city she left behind. As she struggles to maintain her house, her children and her sanity in a neighborhood where she feels like an ""odd duck,"" Joanie still clings stubbornly to her city roots, relating her travails - and her triumphs - in letters to her Ma and Pa back in Chicago.
Crabgrass Frontier
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Author : Kenneth T. Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1987-04-16
Crabgrass Frontier written by Kenneth T. Jackson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-04-16 with History categories.
This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "the good life" in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace. Integrating social history with economic and architectural analysis, and taking into account such factors as the availability of cheap land, inexpensive building methods, and rapid transportation, Kenneth Jackson chronicles the phenomenal growth of the American suburb from the middle of the 19th century to the present day. He treats communities in every section of the U.S. and compares American residential patterns with those of Japan and Europe. In conclusion, Jackson offers a controversial prediction: that the future of residential deconcentration will be very different from its past in both the U.S. and Europe.
Life On The Suburban Frontier
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Author : Ellen L. Willow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Life On The Suburban Frontier written by Ellen L. Willow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.
The Suburban Frontier
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Author : Claire Mercer
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2024-09-03
The Suburban Frontier written by Claire Mercer and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-03 with Social Science categories.
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. African cities are under construction. Beyond the urban redevelopment schemes and large-scale infrastructure projects reconfiguring central city skylines, urban residents are putting their resources into finding land and building homes on city edges. The Suburban Frontier examines how self-built housing on the urban periphery has become central to middle-class formation and urban transformation in contemporary Tanzania. Drawing on original research in the city of Dar es Salaam, Claire Mercer details how the “suburban frontier” has become the place where Africa’s middle classes are shaped. As the first book-length analysis of Africa’s suburban middle class, The Suburban Frontier offers significant contributions to the study of urban social change in Africa and urbanization in the Global South.
Lone Star Suburbs
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Author : Paul J. P. Sandul
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2019-10-10
Lone Star Suburbs written by Paul J. P. Sandul and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-10 with History categories.
How is it that nearly 90 percent of the Texan population currently lives in metropolitan regions, but many Texans still embrace and promote a vision of their state’s nineteenth-century rural identity? This is one of the questions the editors and contributors to Lone Star Suburbs confront. One answer, they contend, may be the long shadow cast by a Texas myth that has served the dominant culture while marginalizing those on the fringes. Another may be the criticism suburbia has endured for undermining the very romantic individuality that the Texas myth celebrates. From the 1950s to the present, cultural critics have derided suburbs as landscapes of sameness and conformity. Only recently have historians begun to document the multidimensional industrial and ethnic aspects of suburban life as well as the development of multifamily housing, services, and leisure facilities. In Lone Star Suburbs, urban historian Paul J. P. Sandul, Texas historian M. Scott Sosebee, and ten contributors move the discussion of suburbia well beyond the stereotype of endless blocks of white middle-class neighborhoods and fill a gap in our knowledge of the Lone Star State. This collection supports the claim that Texas is not only primarily suburban but also the most representative example of this urban form in the United States. Essays consider transportation infrastructure, urban planning, and professional sports as they relate to the suburban ideal; the experiences of African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos in Texas metropolitan areas; and the environmental consequences of suburbanization in the state. Texas is no longer the bastion of rural life in the United States but now—for better or worse—represents the leading edge of suburban living. This important book offers a first step in coming to grips with that reality.
Jewish Identity On The Suburban Frontier
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Author : Marshall Sklare
language : en
Publisher: New York, Basic Books [c1967]
Release Date : 1967
Jewish Identity On The Suburban Frontier written by Marshall Sklare and has been published by New York, Basic Books [c1967] this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Religion categories.
Crabgrass Frontier
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Author : Kenneth T. Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2005-09-01
Crabgrass Frontier written by Kenneth T. Jackson and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-01 with History categories.
Edge City
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Author : Joel Garreau
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2011-07-27
Edge City written by Joel Garreau and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-27 with Social Science categories.
First there was downtown. Then there were suburbs. Then there were malls. Then Americans launched the most sweeping change in 100 years in how they live, work, and play. The Edge City.