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.