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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465678503321

Autore

Kenyon Amy Maria

Titolo

Dreaming suburbia [[electronic resource] ] : Detroit and the production of postwar space and culture / / Amy Maria Kenyon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, : Wayne State University Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8143-3913-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

African American life series

Disciplina

307.76/0973

Soggetti

Suburban life - United States - History - 20th century

City and town life - United States - History - 20th century

Suburban life in popular culture - United States

Suburban life in literature

Riots - Michigan - Detroit

Electronic books.

United States Social conditions 1945-

Detroit Metropolitan Area (Mich.) Social conditions 20th century

Detroit Metropolitan Area (Mich.) Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Series Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Rumors from a Motel in Detroit""; ""2. Mapping Postwar Space and Culture""; ""3. Spaces of Detachment""; ""4. Critiques of Suburban Conformity""; ""5. Everyday Life and Suburban Estrangement""; ""6. The City That Would Not Go Away""; ""7. Postwar Space and Culture in Context""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""