Entrée principale:

Bloom, Nicholas Dagen, 1969-

Titre et auteur:

Suburban alchemy : 1960s new towns and the transformation of the American dream / Nicholas Dagen Bloom.

Publication:

Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2001.

Description:

x, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Série(s):

Urban life and urban landscape series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-330) and index.
Part I. Prelude to the new town movement : 1. The suburban critique -- Part II. Planning and designing the new suburb : 2. Reston, Virginia -- 3. Columbia, Maryland -- 4. Irvine, California -- Part III. Civic renewal in suburbia : 5. The translation of ideas -- 6. Civic activism in the new towns -- 7. Communal prodigies: new towns and the instant creation of civic spirit -- Part IV. Suburban social and cultural innovation : 8. The shame of the suburbs: reforming suburban social homogeneity -- 9. Colorblind: race relations in the new towns -- 10. Trapped in suburbia: feminism and teenage angst -- 11. Suburban Chautauquas: cultural patronage in the new towns -- Conclusion.

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ISBN:

0814208746 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780814208748 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0814250750 (paper ; alk. paper)
9780814250754 (paper ; alk. paper)

Sujet:

Suburban life United States.
Civic improvement United States.
New towns Virginia Reston.
New towns Maryland Columbia.
New towns California Irvine.
Vie de la banlieue États-Unis.
Villes Aménagement et assainissement États-Unis.
Villes nouvelles Virginie Reston.
Villes nouvelles Maryland Columbia.
Villes nouvelles Californie Irvine.
Civic improvement
New towns
Suburban life
Soziologie
Suburbaner Raum
California Irvine
Maryland Columbia
United States
Virginia Reston
USA

Vedettes secondaires:

Urban life and urban landscape series.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 217880
Cote: HT352.U6 B5 2001
Statut: Disponible