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- catalog abstract "Annotation A comprehensive history of the contested cultural landscape where most Americans now live. For almost two centuries Americans have been moving to the suburbs in search of affordable family housing, unspoiled nature, and small-town sociability--only to find that their leafy new neighborhoods are part of a growing metropolitan sprawl. From nineteenth-century utopian communities and elite, picturesque enclaves, to early twentieth-century streetcar subdivisions and owner-built tracts, to the vast postwar sitcom suburbs and the subsidized malls and office parks that followed (on a scale that earlier builders could never have imagined), Dolores Hayden explores the interplay of natural and built environments, the complex antagonisms between real-estate developers and suburban residents, the hidden role of the federal government, and the religious and ideological overtones of the "American dream" embedded in the suburbs. And she makes a strong case for the revitalization of existing neighborhoods in place of unchecked new growth on rural fringes. Few readers will see the ubiquitous suburbs in the same way again.".
- catalog contributor b12977025.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "Annotation A comprehensive history of the contested cultural landscape where most Americans now live. For almost two centuries Americans have been moving to the suburbs in search of affordable family housing, unspoiled nature, and small-town sociability--only to find that their leafy new neighborhoods are part of a growing metropolitan sprawl. From nineteenth-century utopian communities and elite, picturesque enclaves, to early twentieth-century streetcar subdivisions and owner-built tracts, to the vast postwar sitcom suburbs and the subsidized malls and office parks that followed (on a scale that earlier builders could never have imagined), Dolores Hayden explores the interplay of natural and built environments, the complex antagonisms between real-estate developers and suburban residents, the hidden role of the federal government, and the religious and ideological overtones of the "American dream" embedded in the suburbs. And she makes a strong case for the revitalization of existing neighborhoods in place of unchecked new growth on rural fringes. Few readers will see the ubiquitous suburbs in the same way again.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-302) and index.".
- catalog description "The American metropolitan landscape. The shapes of suburbia ; The suburban cit. -- Historic patterns in the landscape. Borderlands ; Picturesque enclaves ; Streetcar buildouts ; Mail-order and self-built suburbs ; Sitcom suburbs ; Edge nodes ; Rural fringes. -- The next suburbs. Nostalgia and futurism ; The importance of older suburbs.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 318 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Building suburbia.".
- catalog identifier "0375421289 (hc)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Building suburbia.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Pantheon Books,".
- catalog relation "Building suburbia.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "307.76/0973 21".
- catalog subject "HT352.U5 H39 2003".
- catalog subject "Land use United States History.".
- catalog subject "Metropolitan areas United States History.".
- catalog subject "Real estate development United States History.".
- catalog subject "Suburban homes United States History.".
- catalog subject "Suburban life United States History.".
- catalog subject "Suburbs United States History.".
- catalog subject "Urbanization United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The American metropolitan landscape. The shapes of suburbia ; The suburban cit. -- Historic patterns in the landscape. Borderlands ; Picturesque enclaves ; Streetcar buildouts ; Mail-order and self-built suburbs ; Sitcom suburbs ; Edge nodes ; Rural fringes. -- The next suburbs. Nostalgia and futurism ; The importance of older suburbs.".
- catalog title "Building suburbia : green fields and urban growth, 1820-2000 / Dolores Hayden.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".