When America became suburban / / Robert A. Beauregard

• Autore: Beauregard Robert A
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, Minn. ; ; London, : University of Minnesota Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.760973
• Soggetto topico: Suburbs - United States - History; Urbanization - United States - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The short American century -- Urbanization's consequences -- Parasitic urbanization -- Culture and institutions -- Domestic prosperity -- Ways of life -- America's global project -- Identity and urbanity -- Appendix A: Decennial population loss for the fifty largest U.S. cities, 1820-2000 -- Appendix B: Demographic and economic comparisons across periods of urbanization -- Appendix C: Measures of urbanization for historical periods.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the decades after World War II, the United States became the most prosperous nation in the world and a superpower whose dominance was symbolized by the American suburbs. Spurred by the decline of its industrial cities and by mass suburbanization, people imagined a new national identity-one that emphasized consumerism, social mobility, and a suburban lifestyle. The urbanity of the city was lost. In When America Became Suburban, Robert A. Beauregard examines this historic intersection of urban decline, mass suburbanization, domestic prosperity, and U.S. global aspirations as it unfolded
• Titolo autorizzato: When America became suburban
• ISBN: 0-8166-4885-9; 0-8166-9881-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816403403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II