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Author Hayden, Dolores.

Title Building suburbia : green fields and urban growth, 1820-2000 / Dolores Hayden.

Publication Info. New York : Pantheon Books, [2003]
©2003

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  307.76 H414B    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-302) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Suburbs -- United States -- History.
Urbanization -- United States -- History.
Land use -- United States -- History.
Real estate development -- United States -- History.
Suburban homes -- United States -- History.
Metropolitan areas -- United States -- History.
Suburban life -- United States -- History.
ISBN 0375421289
9780375421280
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