Title & Author:

Second suburb : Levittown, Pennsylvania / edited by Dianne Harris.

Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010.

Description:

xiv, 429 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Culture, politics, and the built environment

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : A second suburb / Dianne Harris -- pt. 1. Looking at Levittown from the inside -- Revealing the history of Levittown, one voice at a time / Chad M. Kimmel -- Reflections on Levittown / Daisy D. Myers -- Levittown, my Levittown / Bill Griffith -- Levittown in photographs / compiled by Dianne Harris -- pt. 2. Looking at Levittown from the outside -- The Levitts, mass-produced houses, and community planning in the mid-twentieth century / Richard Longstreth -- Jim Crow's last stand : the struggle to integrate Levittown / Thomas J. Sugrue -- "The house I live in" : architecture, modernism, and identity in Levittown / Dianne Harris -- Pink kitchens for little boxes : the evolution of 1950s kitchen design in Levittown / Curtis Miner -- Suburban nature, class, and environmentalism in Levittown / Cristopher Sellers -- More than ticky tacky : Venturi, Scott Brown, and learning from the Levittown studio / Jessica Lautin -- "No gas, my ass!" Marking the end of the postwar period in Levittown / Chad M. Kimmel -- Epilogue : The suburbs of desire / Peter Fritzsche.

Summary:

Carved from eight square miles of Bucks County farmland northeast of Philadelphia, Levittown, Pennsylvania, is a symbol of postwar suburbia and the fulfillment of the American dream. Begun in 1952, after the completion of an identically named community on Long Island, the second Levittown soon eclipsed its New York counterpart in scale and ambition, yet it continues to live in the shadow of its better-known sister. This book uncovers the story of Levittown, Pennsylvania, and its significance to American social, architectural, environmental, and political history. The book presents oral histories of residents recalling how Levittown shaped their lives. The book also includes selections from the syndicated comic strip Zippy the Pinhead, in which Bill Griffith reflects on the angst-ridden trials of growing up in a Levittown. Contributors consider the community{u2019}s place in planning and architectural history and the Levitts' strategies for the mass production of housing.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9780822943891 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0822943891
0822962810 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780822962816 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

City and town life Pennsylvania Levittown.
Suburban homes Pennsylvania Levittown.
Architecture and society Pennsylvania Levittown.
City planning Pennsylvania Levittown.
Vie urbaine Pennsylvanie Levittown.
Architecture et société Pennsylvanie Levittown.
Architecture and society.
City and town life.
City planning.
Suburban homes.
Levittown (Pa.)
Pennsylvania Levittown.

Added entries:

Harris, Dianne Suzette.
Culture, politics, and the built environment.

Levittown, Pennsylvania

Holdings:

Location: Library main 267479
Call No.: BIB 199474
Status: Available