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UNINA9910463616403321 |
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Autore |
Elena Eduardo <1972-> |
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Titolo |
Dignifying Argentina : Peronism, citizenship, and mass consumption / / Eduardo Elena |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (345 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Pitt Latin American Series |
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Peronism - Economic aspects |
Consumption (Economics) - Argentina - History - 20th century |
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Argentina Economic policy |
Argentina Economic conditions 1945-1983 |
Argentina Politics and government 1943-1955 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction : Peronism and the midcentury moment -- An imperfect abundance -- Standards for a new Argentina -- The war on speculation -- Needs, wants, and comforts -- Parables of prodigality -- The counterpolitics of voice -- Ironies of adjustment -- The dignified life and beyond. |
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UNINA9910453459403321 |
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Autore |
Jackson Kenneth T |
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Crabgrass Frontier [[electronic resource] ] : The Suburbanization of the United States |
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Oxford University Press, USA, 1985 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (433 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Sociology & Social History |
Social Sciences |
Communities - Urban Groups |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. Suburbs As Slums; 2. The Transportation Revolution and the Erosion of the Walking City; 3. Home, Sweet Home: The House and the Yard; 4. Romantic Suburbs; 5. The Main Line: Elite Suburbs and Commuter Railroads; 6. The Time of the Trolley; 7. Affordable Homes for the Common Man; 8. Suburbs into Neighborhoods: The Rise and Fall of Municipal Annexation; 9. The New Age of Automobility; 10. Suburban Development Between the Wars; 11. Federal Subsidy and the Suburban Dream: How Washington Changed the American Housing Market |
12. The Cost of Good Intentions: The Ghettoization of Public Housing in the United States13. The Baby Boom and the Age of the Subdivision; 14. The Drive-in Culture of Contemporary America; 15. The Loss of Community in Metropolitan America; 16. Retrospect and Prospect; Appendix; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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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 |
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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 t |
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