When America Became Suburban

Name: When America Became Suburban
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ISBN: 9780816648856

ISBN-10: 0816648859

ISBN-13: 9780816648856

Edition: 2006

Authors: Robert A. Beauregard

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In the decades after World War II, the United States became the most prosperous nation in the world and a superpower whose dominance was symbolized by the American suburbs. Spurred by the decline of its industrial cities and by mass suburbanization, people imagined a new national identity--one that emphasized consumerism, social mobility, and a suburban lifestyle. The urbanity of the city was lost. In When America Became Suburban, Robert A. Beauregard examines this historic intersection of urban decline, mass suburbanization, domestic prosperity, and U.S. global aspirations as it unfolded from 1945 to the mid-1970s. Suburban expansion and the subsequent emergence of sprawling Sunbelt cities…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 8/25/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.90" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English