New Suburban History

Name: New Suburban History
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ISBN: 9780226456638

ISBN-10: 0226456633

ISBN-13: 9780226456638

Edition: 2006

Authors: Kevin M. Kruse, Thomas J. Sugrue

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America has become a nation of suburbs. Confronting the popular image of suburbia as simply a refuge for affluent whites, "The New Suburban History" rejects the stereotypes of a conformist and conflict-free suburbia. The seemingly calm streets of suburbia were, in fact, battlegrounds over race, class, and politics. With this collection, Kevin Kruse and Thomas Sugrue argue that suburbia must be understood as a central factor in the modern American experience. Kruse and Sugrue here collect ten essays--augmented by their provocative introduction--that challenge our understanding of suburbia. Drawing from original research on suburbs across the country, the contributors recast important…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 0.62" wide x 0.90" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The New Suburban History




Marketing the Free Market: State Intervention and the Politics of Prosperity in Metropolitan America




Less Than Plessy: The Inner City, Suburbs, and State-Sanctioned Residential Segregation in the Age of Brown




Uncovering the City in the Suburb: Cold War Politics, Scientific Elites, and High-Tech Spaces




How Hell Moved from the City to the Suburbs: Urban Scholars and Changing Perceptions of Authentic Community




"The House I Live In": Race, Class, and African American Suburban Dreams in the Postwar United States




"Socioeconomic Integration" in the Suburbs: From Reactionary Populism to Class Fairness in Metropolitan Charlotte




Prelude to the Tax Revolt: The Politics of the "Tax Dollar" in Postwar California




Suburban Growth and Its Discontents: The Logic and Limits of Reform on the Postwar Northeast Corridor




Reshaping the American Dream: Immigrants, Ethnic Minorities, and the Politics of the New Suburbs




The Legal Technology of Exclusion in Metropolitan America



Notes


Contributors


Index