Radical suburbs : experimental living on the fringes of the American city / Amanda Kolson Hurley.

Main entry:

Hurley, Amanda Kolson, author.

Title & Author:

Radical suburbs : experimental living on the fringes of the American city / Amanda Kolson Hurley.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Cleveland, Ohio : Belt Publishing, [2019]
©2019

Description:

174 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-172).
Celibacy and co-housing on the suburban frontier -- The anarchists who took the commuter train -- The rise and fall of the New Deal's Garden City -- When the Bauhaus met the subdivision -- Integrating the suburbs at "Checkerboard Square" -- The fight over the soul of a new town.

Summary:

"American suburbs are not the homogeneous places we sometimes take them for. Today's suburbs are racially, ethnically, and economically diverse with as many Democratic as Republican voters, a growing population of renters, and rising poverty. The cliché of white picket fences is well past its expiration date. The history of suburbia is equally surprising: American suburbs were once fertile ground for utopian planning, communal living, socially-conscious design, and integrated housing. We have forgotten that we built suburbs like these, such as a co-housing commune near Pittsburgh, a tiny-house anarchist community in New Jersey, a government-planned garden city in the DC suburbs, and a racially integrated subdivision outside Philadelphia. Radical suburbs is a history that will help us remake the future and rethink our assumptions of suburbia"--Back cover.

ISBN:

9781948742368 (paperback)
1948742365 (paperback)

Subject:

Suburbs United States History.
Suburban life United States History.
Metropolitan areas United States History.
Sociology, Urban.
Vie de la banlieue États-Unis Histoire.
Sociologie urbaine.
urban sociology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
HISTORY / Social History.
Metropolitan areas.
Suburban life.
Suburbs.
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 305197
Call No.: BIB 250999
Status: Available

Actions:

Add to folder

Request these items

Email this list to yourself (or someone else)

Your folder is empty.

Please complete this form to make a request for consultation. A copy of this list will also be forwarded to you.

Your contact information

First name:

Last name:

Email:

Phone number:

Notes (optional):

We will contact you to set up an appointment. Please keep in mind that your consultation date will be based on the type of material you wish to study. To prepare your visit, we'll need:

— At least 2 weeks for primary sources (prints and drawings, photographs, archival documents, etc.)
— At least 48 hours for secondary sources (books, periodicals, vertical files, etc.)

Back to list

Submit