Building suburbia : green fields and urban growth, 1820-2000 / Dolores Hayden.

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Hayden, Dolores.

Title & Author:

Building suburbia : green fields and urban growth, 1820-2000 / Dolores Hayden.

Edition:

1st ed.

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Description:

xiii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-302) and index.
The American metropolitan landscape. The shapes of suburbia ; The suburban city -- Historic patterns in the landscape. Borderlands ; Picturesque enclaves ; Streetcar buildouts ; Mail-order and self-built suburbs ; Sitcom suburbs ; Edge nodes ; Rural fringes -- The next suburbs. Nostalgia and futurism ; The importance of older suburbs.
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Summary:

Annotation A comprehensive history of the contested cultural landscape where most Americans now live. For almost two centuries Americans have been moving to the suburbs in search of affordable family housing, unspoiled nature, and small-town sociability--only to find that their leafy new neighborhoods are part of a growing metropolitan sprawl. From nineteenth-century utopian communities and elite, picturesque enclaves, to early twentieth-century streetcar subdivisions and owner-built tracts, to the vast postwar sitcom suburbs and the subsidized malls and office parks that followed (on a scale that earlier builders could never have imagined), Dolores Hayden explores the interplay of natural and built environments, the complex antagonisms between real-estate developers and suburban residents, the hidden role of the federal government, and the religious and ideological overtones of the "American dream" embedded in the suburbs. And she makes a strong case for the revitalization of existing neighborhoods in place of unchecked new growth on rural fringes. Few readers will see the ubiquitous suburbs in the same way again.

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ISBN:

0375421289
9780375421280

Subject:

Suburbs United States History.
Urbanization United States History.
Land use United States History.
Real estate development United States History.
Suburban homes United States History.
Metropolitan areas United States History.
Suburban life United States History.
Banlieues États-Unis Histoire.
Urbanisation États-Unis Histoire.
Utilisation du sol États-Unis Histoire.
Promotion immobilière États-Unis Histoire.
Maisons de banlieue États-Unis Histoire.
Agglomérations urbaines États-Unis Histoire.
Vie de la banlieue États-Unis Histoire.
Land use
Metropolitan areas
Real estate development
Suburban homes
Suburban life
Suburbs
Urbanization
Stadtplanung
Vorort
Suburbanisatie.
Stedelijke omgeving.
United States
USA

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History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 228861
Call No.: HT352.U5 H39 2003
Status: Available

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