| Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States Revised Edition Contributor(s): Jackson, Kenneth T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195049837 ISBN-13: 9780195049831 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1987 Annotation: 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, Jackson offers a controversial prediction: that the future of residential deconcentration will be very different from its past in both the U.S. and Europe. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 307.760 |
| LCCN: 85004844 |
| Lexile Measure: 1570 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.2" W x 8" (1.05 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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, Jackson offers a controversial prediction: that the future of residential deconcentration will be very different from its past in both the U.S. and Europe. |