Suburbia, its people and their politics.

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Wood, Robert C. (Robert Coldwell), 1923-2005.

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Suburbia, its people and their politics.

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Description:

340 pages 21 cm

Notes:
The image of suburbia. Suburbia as looking glass ; Holdouts in suburbia ; Suburbia as renaissance -- Roots for the image. The American miniature ; The miniature under pressure ; The miniature cracks ; The rejection of reality ; The mechanization of reform -- The rise of metropolis. Technology redeems itself ; Crisis in autonomy ; Suburbia besieged ; Suburbia triumphant -- The nature of suburbia. The case of the disappearing community ; Second thoughts on the vanishing act ; The case for the reappearing community ; Proper people in proper places ; Suburbs and suburbs ; Suburbs coalescing ; Natural neighborhoods plus politics ; Re-enter the metropolis ; Small communities en masse -- The politics of suburbia. The theory of conversion ; The theory of transplantation ; The fruits of electoral analysis: "Not with a bang ..." ; Politics at the local level: symbols and beliefs ; Institutions for nonpartisanship ; The management of issues ; The suburban boss ; Suburban decision-making ; The special issue of the public schools ; The grassroots of suburbia -- The public problems of suburbia. The struggle for survival ; The burdens of the welfare state ; The supply of resources ; The scramble for values ; Strategy of the anointed ; Strategy of the unwashed: (1) Up by the bootstraps ; Strategy of the unwashed: (2) The new "New federalism" ; The separation of purse and power ; Securing the suburban habitat ; The suburbs persevere -- The miniature re-examined. Defenders of the faith ; The logic of the faith ; Probing the lines ; Checklist of operative democracy: (1) The rule of law, (2) The role of controversy, (3) The quest for freedom ; Other roads ; Probability and potentiality.
Also issued online.

Subject:

Suburbs.
Suburban life.
Suburbanites.
Suburban Population
Banlieues.
Vie de la banlieue.
Banlieusards.
Stadtsoziologie
Vorort

Holdings:

Location: Library main 200734
Call No.: HT351.W6 1958
Status: Available

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