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Second Suburb

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Author : Dianne Harris
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822977826
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Second Suburb written by Dianne Harris and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carved from eight square miles of Bucks County farmland northeast of Philadelphia, Levittown, Pennsylvania, is a symbol of postwar suburbia and the fulfillment of the American Dream. Begun in 1952, after the completion of an identically named community on Long Island, the second Levittown soon eclipsed its New York counterpart in scale and ambition, yet it continues to live in the shadow of its better-known sister and has received limited scholarly attention. Second Suburb uncovers the unique story of Levittown, Pennsylvania, and its significance to American social, architectural, environmental, and political history. The volume offers a fascinating profile of this planned community in two parts. The first examines Levittown from the inside, including oral histories of residents recalling how Levittown shaped their lives. One such reminiscence is by Daisy Myers, part of the first African American family to move to the community, only to become the targets of a race riot that would receive international publicity. The book also includes selections from the syndicated comic strip Zippy the Pinhead, in which Bill Griffith reflects on the angst-ridden trials of growing up in a Levittown, and an extensive photo essay of neighborhood homes, schools, churches, parks, and swimming pools, collected by Dianne Harris. The second part of the book views Levittown from the outside. Contributors consider the community's place in planning and architectural history and the Levitts' strategies for the mass production of housing. Other chapters address the class stratification of neighborhood sections through price structuring; individual attempts to personalize a home's form and space as a representation of class and identity; the builders' focus on the kitchen as the centerpiece of the home and its greatest selling point; the community's environmental and ecological legacy; racist and exclusionary sales policies; resident activism during the gas riots of 1979; and "America's lost Eden." Bringing together some of the top scholars in architectural history, American studies, and landscape studies, Second Suburb explores the surprisingly rich interplay of design, technology, and social response that marks the emergence and maturation of an exceptionally potent rendition of the American Dream.

Levittown

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Author : David Kushner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802719732
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Levittown written by David Kushner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the decade after World War II, one entrepreneurial family helped thousands of people buy into the American dream of owning a home, not just any home, but a good one, with all the modern conveniences. The Levitts--two brothers, William and Alfred, and their father, Abe--pooled their talents in land use, architecture, and sales to create story book town with affordable little houses. They laid out the welcome mat, but not to everyone. Levittown had a whites-only policy. This is the story that unfolded in Levittown, PA, one unseasonably hot summer in 1957 on a quiet street called Deepgreen Lane. There, a white Jewish Communist family named Wechsler secretly arranged for a black family, the Myers, to buy the little pink house next door. What followed was an explosive summer of violence that would transform their lives, and the nation. It would lead to the downfall of a titan, and the integration of the most famous suburb in the world. It's a story of hope and fear, invention and rebellion, and the power that comes when ordinary people take an extraordinary stand.

The Suburb Beyond the Stars (The Norumbegan Quartet, Book 2)

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Author : M. T. Anderson
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545369797
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book The Suburb Beyond the Stars (The Norumbegan Quartet, Book 2) written by M. T. Anderson and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fun and fantasy continue with bestselling and award-winning author M. T. Anderson.You haven't seen strange until you've seen what Brian and Gregory are up against.... Something incredibly strange is happening. It's not The Game of Sunken Places-Brian and Gregory have been through that before. But still...strange creatures have begun to chase after them. And Gregory's adventurous cousin Prudence has disappeared. When Brian and Gregory go to the Vermont woods to track down Prudence, they find many things are...off. People are not where they're supposed to be. Time has stopped working properly.

First (-Sixth) geographical reader. [With] Home-lesson book for Second (-Fourth) geographical reader

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Author : Blackwood William and sons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book First (-Sixth) geographical reader. [With] Home-lesson book for Second (-Fourth) geographical reader written by Blackwood William and sons and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The City as Suburb

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Author : Eric L. Holcomb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The City as Suburb written by Eric L. Holcomb and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The growth of Northeast Baltimore illustrates the American transition from settlement to suburb. Here we witness a model that has played out again and again on this continent. By revealing the unseen layers of a rich history, Eric Holcomb presents the features of this model that are unique to this corner of the world. It is a specific and loving portrait."—from the foreword by Kathleen G. Kotarba Northeast Baltimore has undergone a transformation from a rural area into a "city suburb," an experience shared by many similar U.S. metropolitan areas. Eric L. Holcomb traces this prototypical process from the region’s origins as a hunting ground of the Susquehannocks, through its earliest settlement by Europeans in the eighteenth century and its idealization as a picturesque landscape during the nineteenth century, to its rise as a suburb in the twentieth century. Holcomb’s obvious passion for the area, combined with his thorough research in geographic indicators such as land ownership patterns, provide a lush empirical foundation for this richly illustrated history.

Paradise Planned

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Author : Robert A.M. Stern
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580933262
Total Pages : 1073 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Paradise Planned written by Robert A.M. Stern and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 1073 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paradise Planned is the definitive history of the development of the garden suburb, a phenomenon that originated in England in the late eighteenth century, was quickly adopted in the United State and northern Europe, and gradually proliferated throughout the world. These bucolic settings offered an ideal lifestyle typically outside the city but accessible by streetcar, train, and automobile. Today, the principles of the garden city movement are once again in play, as retrofitting the suburbs has become a central issue in planning. Strategies are emerging that reflect the goals of garden suburbs in creating metropolitan communities that embrace both the intensity of the city and the tranquility of nature. Paradise Planned is the comprehensive, encyclopedic record of this movement, a vital contribution to architectural and planning history and an essential recourse for guiding the repair of the American townscape.

The Suburb Reader

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Author : Becky Nicolaides
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135396329
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book The Suburb Reader written by Becky Nicolaides and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1920s, the United States has seen a dramatic reversal in living patterns, with a majority of Americans now residing in suburbs. This mass emigration from cities is one of the most fundamental social and geographical transformations in recent US history. Suburbanization has not only produced a distinct physical environment—it has become a major defining force in the construction of twentieth-century American culture. Employing over 200 primary sources, illustrations, and critical essays, The Suburb Reader documents the rise of North American suburbanization from the 1700s through the present day. Through thematically organized chapters it explores multiple facets of suburbia’s creation and addresses its indelible impact on the shaping of gender and family ideologies, politics, race relations, technology, design, and public policy. Becky Nicolaides’ and Andrew Wiese’s concise commentaries introduce the selections and contextualize the major themes of each chapter. Distinctive in its integration of multiple perspectives on the evolution of the suburban landscape, The Suburb Reader pays particular attention to the long, complex experiences of African Americans, immigrants, and working people in suburbia. Encompassing an impressive breadth of chronology and themes, The Suburb Reader is a landmark collection of the best works on the rise of this modern social phenomenon.

Death by Suburb

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Author : Dave L. Goetz
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060756705
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Death by Suburb written by Dave L. Goetz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2006-01-24 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes a critical look at the spiritually corrosive influence of suburbia and suburban life, identifying eight toxic elements in the suburban lifestyle and introducing eight corresponding disciplines designed to nurture one's spiritual life.

Two Essays on Scriptural Miracles and on Ecclesiastical

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Author : John Henry Newman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Two Essays on Scriptural Miracles and on Ecclesiastical written by John Henry Newman and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Two essays on Biblical and on ecclesiastical miracles

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Author : John Henry Newman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two essays on Biblical and on ecclesiastical miracles written by John Henry Newman and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The City Kid & the Suburb Kid

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Author : Deb Pilutti
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402740022
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The City Kid & the Suburb Kid written by Deb Pilutti and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two cousins, one from the city and one from the suburbs, spend a day and a night together at each other's house, and decide that each likes his own home better.

Suburban Nation

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Author : Andres Duany
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780865476066
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Suburban Nation written by Andres Duany and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk are at the forefront of the New Urbanism movement, and in "Suburban Nation" they assess sprawl's costs to society, be they ecological, economic, aesthetic, or social. 115 illustrations.

Streetcar Suburbs

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Author : Sam Bass WARNER
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674044894
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Streetcar Suburbs written by Sam Bass WARNER and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last third of the 19th century Boston grew from a crowded merchant town, in which nearly everybody walked to work, to a modern divided metropolis. The street railway created this division of the metropolis into an inner city of commerce and slums and an outer city of commuter suburbs. This book tells who built the new city, and why, and how.

Making the Second Ghetto

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Author : Arnold R. Hirsch
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226342468
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Making the Second Ghetto written by Arnold R. Hirsch and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-04-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Making the Second Ghetto, Arnold Hirsch argues that in the post-depression years Chicago was a "pioneer in developing concepts and devices" for housing segregation. Hirsch shows that the legal framework for the national urban renewal effort was forged in the heat generated by the racial struggles waged on Chicago's South Side. His chronicle of the strategies used by ethnic, political, and business interests in reaction to the great migration of southern blacks in the 1940s describes how the violent reaction of an emergent "white" population combined with public policy to segregate the city. "In this excellent, intricate, and meticulously researched study, Hirsch exposes the social engineering of the post-war ghetto."—Roma Barnes, Journal of American Studies "According to Arnold Hirsch, Chicago's postwar housing projects were a colossal exercise in moral deception. . . . [An] excellent study of public policy gone astray."—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune "An informative and provocative account of critical aspects of the process in [Chicago]. . . . A good and useful book."—Zane Miller, Reviews in American History "A valuable and important book."—Allan Spear, Journal of American History

Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

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Author : Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 938 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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