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Author : Herbert J. Gans
Release : 1965
Genre : Suburban life
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Book Synopsis The Levittowners: The quality of life in Levittown and the impact of the community on its residents by : Herbert J. Gans
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Author : Herbert J. Gans
Release : 2017-03-28
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis The Levittowners by : Herbert J. Gans
Download or read book The Levittowners written by Herbert J. Gans. This book was released on 2017-03-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1955, Levitt and Sons purchased most of Willingboro Township, New Jersey and built 11,000 homes. This, their third Levittown, became the site of one of urban sociology's most famous community studies, Herbert J. Gans's The Levittowners. The product of two years of living in Levittown, the work chronicles the invention of a new community and its major institutions, the beginnings of social and political life, and the former city residents' adaptation to suburban living. Gans uses his research to reject the charge that suburbs are sterile and pathological. First published in 1967, The Levittowners is a classic of participant-observer ethnography that also paints a sensitive portrait of working-class and lower-middle-class life in America. This new edition features a foreword by Harvey Molotch that reflects on Gans's challenges to conventional wisdom.
Author : Herbert J. Gans
Release : 1965
Genre : Suburban life
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Book Synopsis The Levittowners: The quality of politics and decision-making in Levittown by : Herbert J. Gans
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Author : Becky Nicolaides
Release : 2013-10-18
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis The Suburb Reader by : Becky Nicolaides
Download or read book The Suburb Reader written by Becky Nicolaides. This book was released on 2013-10-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1920s, the United States has seen a dramatic reversal in living patterns, with a majority of Americans now residing in suburbs. This mass emigration from cities is one of the most fundamental social and geographical transformations in recent US history. Suburbanization has not only produced a distinct physical environment—it has become a major defining force in the construction of twentieth-century American culture. Employing over 200 primary sources, illustrations, and critical essays, The Suburb Reader documents the rise of North American suburbanization from the 1700s through the present day. Through thematically organized chapters it explores multiple facets of suburbia’s creation and addresses its indelible impact on the shaping of gender and family ideologies, politics, race relations, technology, design, and public policy. Becky Nicolaides’ and Andrew Wiese’s concise commentaries introduce the selections and contextualize the major themes of each chapter. Distinctive in its integration of multiple perspectives on the evolution of the suburban landscape, The Suburb Reader pays particular attention to the long, complex experiences of African Americans, immigrants, and working people in suburbia. Encompassing an impressive breadth of chronology and themes, The Suburb Reader is a landmark collection of the best works on the rise of this modern social phenomenon.
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Release : 1956
Genre : Union catalogs
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Download or read book National Union Catalog written by . This book was released on 1956. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases.
