false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177957533m/745452.jpg 745452 3 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. 147475 1985 Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States total:182|5:46|4:84|3:46|2:5|1:1| 182 715 277 25 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Mon Feb 16 21:21:12 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 21:30:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 30 11:25:55 -0700 2007 Thu May 08 21:42:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Thu Jul 03 08:04:08 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 08:17:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 23:14:19 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 23:24:15 -0700 2007
This book is really for anyone who has ever lived in suburbia, scorned suburbia, or wants to live in suburbia. It really is the most complete historical account o...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 10:20:39 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 10:25:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 15 19:27:03 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 19:29:10 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 20:15:18 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 20:15:18 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 15:09:46 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 19:41:33 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jan 02 09:52:09 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 11:56:12 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Aug 22 12:32:44 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 12:41:05 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 11 11:14:41 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 28 00:37:26 -0800 2008
Now i have, and it makes for a fascinating historical overview of the phenomenon of suburbia - starting long before the 'white flight' phenomenon of the ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Feb 23 08:01:44 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 23 08:04:27 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Fri Aug 03 10:30:43 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 10:30:43 -0700 2007
I learned about a specific part of US history that I would not have come across through the course of my normal reading.

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