American dreamscape : the pursuit of happiness in postwar suburbia / Tom Martinson.

Main entry:

Martinson, Tom, 1944-

Title & Author:

American dreamscape : the pursuit of happiness in postwar suburbia / Tom Martinson.

Edition:

1st Carroll & Graf ed.

Publication:

New York : Carroll & Graf, 2000.

Description:

xxviii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-277) and index.
The yeoman mythology -- The American ideal -- The cross of gold -- On the suburbanizing fringe -- Wright was mostly right -- If you build it, they'll just use it -- Why are the suburbs so bad -- The trouble with gentry -- From Brentwood to Boston -- An unlikely Babylon -- Visionary American landscape -- The return to Arcadia.

Summary:

"This volume displays conclusively that the suburbs, which are no less various than they are ubiquitous, defy the stereotypes of its severest critics. Separating biases that characterize suburban communities as vacuous, wasteful, centerless places from their actuality, Martinson traces their evolution over the past two centuries, examines the values that challenge and unsettle urbanist detractors, investigates charges that government unfairly favors suburbs over cities, and considers possibilities for the future development of suburbia."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0786707712
9780786707713

Subject:

Suburbs United States.
Suburban life United States.
Metropolitan areas United States.
City and town life United States.
Social values United States.
Vie de la banlieue États-Unis.
Vie urbaine États-Unis.
Valeurs sociales États-Unis.
City and town life.
Metropolitan areas.
Social values.
Suburban life.
Suburbs.
Vorort
Wohnform
Lebensstil
Suburbanisatie.
Sociaal-economische ontwikkeling.
United States.
USA

Holdings:

Location: Library main 215132
Call No.: NA2599.8.M3865.A35 2000
Status: Available

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