The Levittowners
ways of life and politics in a new suburban community
by Gans, Herbert J.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part 1 - The origin of a community -- The planners of Levittown -- The Levittowners - and why they came -- The beginnings of group life -- The founding of churches -- The new school sytastem -- The emergence of party politics -- The origin of a community -- Part 2: The quality of suburban life -- Social life: suburban homogeneity and conformity -- The vitality of community culture -- Family and individual adaptation -- The impact of the community -- Part 3: The democracy of politics -- Political communication -- The decision-making process -- Politics and planning -- Levittown and America.
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The Levittowners: ways of life and politics in a new suburban community
1982, Columbia University Press
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The Levittowners: ways of life and politics in a new suburban community
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Bibliography: p. 452-462.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, c1967.
Includes index.
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