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.

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Rybczynski, Witold, author.

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Publication:

New York, NY : Scribner,
©2007.

Description:

x, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-296) and index.
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.

Summary:

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.

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ISBN:

9780743235969
0743235967

Subject:

Planned communities Pennsylvania Londonderry (Chester County : Township) Case studies.
Real estate development United States History.
Housing United States History.
Collectivités nouvelles Pennsylvanie Londonderry (Chester) Études de cas.
Promotion immobilière États-Unis Histoire.
Logement États-Unis Histoire.
Housing.
Planned communities.
Real estate development.
New Daleville (Pa.) History.
New Daleville (Penns.) Histoire.
Londonderry (Chester, Penns.)
Pennsylvania Londonderry (Chester County : Township)
Pennsylvania New Daleville.
United States.

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Case studies.
History.
Études de cas.

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Location: Library main 254327
Call No.: BIB 184261
Status: Available

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