social change and urban growth in England and the United States /
First Statement of Responsibility
Mark Clapson.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Oxford :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Berg,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (ix, 235 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-226) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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An introduction to the suburban century -- The city spreads: technological, economic and official forces in urban dispersal -- The suburban aspiration -- Black suburbanization -- Jewish and Asian suburbanization -- Women and suburban sadness -- Suburban citizens: community and association in the new housing areas of the twentieth century -- The middle way: labour, the Democrats and the suburbs since 1950 -- Past, present and future: some conlusions and connections.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Bad architecture. Soulless. Are the suburbs really as homogenous and conservative as we think they are? This wide-ranging comparative study of England and the USA offers new interpretations on suburbia.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Suburban century.
International Standard Book Number
1859736483
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Social change-- England.
Social change-- United States.
Suburban life-- England.
Suburban life-- United States.
Suburban life, Cross-cultural studies.
Suburbanites-- England-- Social life and customs.
Suburbanites-- United States-- Social life and customs.