Crabgrass Frontier The Suburbanization of the United States

Name: Crabgrass Frontier The Suburbanization of the United States
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ISBN: 9780195049831

ISBN-10: 0195049837

ISBN-13: 9780195049831

Edition: 1985

Authors: Kenneth T. Jackson

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This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "the good life" in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace. Integrating social history with economic and architectural analysis, and taking into account such factors as the availability of cheap land, inexpensive building methods, and rapid transportation, Kenneth Jackson chronicles the phenomenal growth of the American suburb from the middle of the 19th century to the present day. He treats communities in every section of the U.S. and compares American residential patterns with those of Japan and Europe. In conclusion,…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/16/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 7.99" wide x 5.20" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Suburbs as Slums



The Transportation Revolution and the Erosion of the Walking City



Home, Sweet Home: The House and the Yard



Romantic Suburbs



The Main Line: Elite Suburbs and Commuter Railroads



The Time of the Trolley



Affordable Homes for the Common Man



Suburbs into Neighborhoods: The Rise and Fall of Municipal Annexation



The New Age of Automobility



Suburban Development Between the Wars



Federal Subsidy and the Suburban Dream: How Washington Changed the American Housing Market



The Cost of Good Intentions: The Ghettoization of Public Housing in the United States



The Baby Boom and the Age of the Subdivision



The Drive-In Culture of Contemporary America



The Loss of Community in Metropolitan America



Retrospect and Prospect


Appendix


Notes


Index