A clear and engaging portrait of the twentieth century American suburb--where it came from and where it is going--highlighting the changing racial, ethnic, and class composition of suburban life.
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A clear and engaging portrait of the twentieth century American suburb--where it came from and where it is going--highlighting the changing racial, ethnic, and class composition of suburban life.
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Hardback, Near Fine in a Near Fine DJ, 1st edition; remainder mark to top edge, slight wear to DJ and DJ edges, an unread (new) book with no names or internal markings, illustrated with a photosection, 8vo., 298 pages.,
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NF in NF jacket. Black paper over boards with black quart-binding, in cream and blue illustrated jacket, 8vo. xxii+298pp. Index, endnotes. B/W plates. The growth and selling of the American suburb, with emphasis on the example of Long Island. Fine/NF. Mild curl along upper edges of jacket, with small internally tape-repaired nick on softened upper spine end. Book has remainder stripe lower page edges. In brodart. Not ex-lib.
I think there are better books about the history of suburbia, but the second half of Picture Windows was a great study of the original Levittown on Long Island. I especially appreciated the discussion of recent changes in the racial and ethnic demographics of Long Island, as well as the economic difficulties resulting from de-industrialization and illegal work practices. The authors present a more positive, though still critical, view of suburbia that is missing in most scholarship.
