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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52288587 Title: Suburban century : social change and urban growth in England and the United States Author: Mark Clapson Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2003. ISBN/ISSN: 1859736432 9781859736432 1859736483 9781859736487 OCLC:52288587

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Suburban century : social change and urban growth in England and the United States

Author:	Mark Clapson
Publisher:	Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2003.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Bad architecture. Soulless. Are the suburbs really as homogenous and conservative as we think they are? This wide-ranging comparative study of England and the USA offers new interpretations on suburbia.
Rating:	based on 2 rating(s) 2 with reviews

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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Clapson, Mark. Suburban century. Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2003 (OCoLC)607705647 Online version: Clapson, Mark. Suburban century. Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2003 (OCoLC)607735276
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
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ISBN:	1859736432 9781859736432 1859736483 9781859736487
OCLC Number:	52288587
Description:	ix, 235 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	An introduction to the suburban century -- The city spreads: technological, economic and official forces in urban dispersal -- The suburban aspiration -- Black suburbanization -- Jewish and Asian suburbanization -- Women and suburban sadness -- Suburban citizens: community and association in the new housing areas of the twentieth century -- The middle way: labour, the Democrats and the suburbs since 1950 -- Past, present and future: some conlusions and connections.
Responsibility:	Mark Clapson.
More information:	Book review (H-Net) Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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Bad architecture. Soulless. Destructive of communities. The suburbs are much-maligned places. We see this time and again in films like "American Beauty" and novels like "The Ice Storm". This Read more...

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Suburban Century provides an important and accessible new approach to suburbia for which both political and social historians will be indebted, and a number of critical questions do arise from its Read more...

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