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Suburbs, History, Suburban life, Metropolitan areas, Vie de la banlieue, HistoirePlaces
United States, États-UnisTimes
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Redefining suburban studies: searching for new paradigms
2009, The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University
in English
061531936X 9780615319360
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Table of Contents
The state of the suburb at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Suburbia and the American dream house -- John Archer
The new urbanism :
a limited revolution --
The built environment of the suburban community.
Breaking the box :
building the suburbs as a fabric -- Renee Y. Chow
Magazines and modernity :
the "home" magazines and the making of the ranch house, 1945-1950 -- Stephen James
The General Motors Technical Center :
material innovation and corporate image in the suburban landscape -- Nancy A. Miller
The rise of the therapeutic suburb :
child care in Westchester County, New York, 1880-1920 --
Issues in the suburban community.
The new suburban flight :
a tale of three airports :
Stewart, Westchester and Islip -- Joshua Schank and Elliott Sclar
The making of an auto-dependent edge city :
the case of Fairfax County, Virginia -- Zachary M. Schrag
The early movement against suburban sprawl :
the metropolitan parks system in Boston and Detroit -- Thomas A. McMullin
Moving walls :
restrictive covenants and residential mobility in Los Angeles -- Leslie Wilson
(Re)constructing working-class motherhood in the suburban public housing project of Greenbelt, Maryland, 1935-1954 -- Jennifer Kerns
Legal texts as cultural narratives of postwar suburbia :
gender, power, and consumer protection -- Andrea McArdle
Representations of suburban life.
Suburbia :
a sense of place on the silver screen -- Philip C. Dolce
A suburban filmography -- Philip C. Dolce
Tales of the suburbs -- Catherine Jurca
Suburbia onstage -- Kaye DeMetz
Photographing suburbia :
from sociology to art -- Daniel Rubey
The Joseph G. Astman Lecture.
Rethinking the Crabgrass Frontier -- Kenneth T. Jackson.
Edition Notes
"These essays began as papers delivered at the first Suburban Studies conference at Hofstra University entitled 'Redefining Suburban Studies: Searching for a New Paradigm' in March 2001"--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography (pages 167-169).
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