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Postwar Space and Culture in Context""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 $aThe perspectives of cultural history, American studies, social science, and urban studies give Dreaming Suburbia an interdisciplinary appeal. 410 0$aAfrican American Life Series 606 $aSuburban life$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCity and town life$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSuburban life in popular culture$zUnited States 606 $aSuburban life in literature 606 $aRiots$zMichigan$zDetroit 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1945- 607 $aDetroit Metropolitan Area (Mich.)$xSocial conditions$y20th century 607 $aDetroit Metropolitan Area (Mich.)$xRace relations 615 0$aSuburban life$xHistory 615 0$aCity and town life$xHistory 615 0$aSuburban life in popular culture 615 0$aSuburban life in literature. 615 0$aRiots 676 $a307.76/0973 700 $aKenyon$b Amy Maria$01812978 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955986103321 996 $aDreaming suburbia$94365682 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03311nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910961719403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-19794-4 010 $a9786613197948 010 $a9956-715-51-4 010 $a9956-715-63-8 010 $a9956-615-27-7 035 $a(CKB)2560000000052038 035 $a(EBL)1135179 035 $a(OCoLC)830165728 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000474760 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11291788 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474760 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10454121 035 $a(PQKB)11755919 035 $a(OCoLC)776204448 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21811 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1135179 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10333823 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL319794 035 $a(PPN)198680317 035 $a(Perlego)541602 035 $a(FRCYB88825209)88825209 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88825209 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1135179 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000052038 100 $a20091125d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocratizing or reconfiguring predatory autocracy? $emyths and realities in Africa today /$fTatah Mentan 210 $aMankon, Bamenda $cLangaa Research & Pub. 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