Main entry:

Hart, John Fraser.

Title & Author:

The unknown world of the mobile home / John Fraser Hart, Michelle J. Rhodes and John T. Morgan, with the cartographic collaboration of Mark B. Lindberg.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2002.

Description:

viii, 142 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-138) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Part 1. Background -- Prologue -- Trailers -- Trailer Parks -- The War Years -- Mobile Homes -- The HUD Code -- New Models -- Siting Mobile Homes -- Part 2. Single-Siteds -- Where Are They? -- The Lexington Hexagon -- Northern New Mexico -- Mercer County, North Dakota -- Upstate New York -- Adams County, Wisconsin -- Spersopolis -- The Coal Field -- Part 3. Side by Side -- The Mountain West -- Filling in the Flathead -- A Snapshot of Evergreen -- Boom and Bust in Western Montana -- The Changing "Small"-Town West -- Part 4. Parks -- Mobile Home Parks, Utilitarian to Upscale -- The Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Southwestern Kansas -- Long Neck -- Florida -- Southern California -- Part 5. Conclusion & Epilogue -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"In The Unknown World of the Mobile Home, authors John Fraser Hart, Michelle J. Rhodes, and John T. Morgan illuminate the history and culture of these often misunderstood domiciles. They describe early mobile homes, which were trailers designed to be pulled behind automobiles and which were more often than not poorly constructed and unequal to the needs of those who used them. During the 1970s, however, Congress enacted federal standards for the quality and safety of mobile homes, which led to innovation in design and the production of much more attractive and durable models. These models now comply with local building codes and many are designed to look like conventional houses. As a result, one of every five new single-family housing units purchased in the United States is a mobile home, sited everywhere from the conventional trailer park to custom-designed "estates" aimed at young couples and retirees. Despite all these changes in manufacture and design, even the most immobile mobile homes are still sold, financed, regulated, and taxed as vehicles."--Jacket.

Resources:
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Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0801868998 (alk. paper)
9780801868993 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Mobile homes United States.
Mobile home living United States.
Mobile home industry United States.
Mobile home parks United States.
Maisons mobiles États-Unis.
Vie en maison mobile États-Unis.
Maisons mobiles Industrie États-Unis.
Parcs de maisons mobiles États-Unis.
Mobile home industry.
Mobile home living.
Mobile home parks.
Mobile homes.
Alltagskultur
Mobilheim
Wohnmobil
United States.
USA

Added entries:

Rhodes, Michelle J., 1972-
Morgan, John (John T.)
Lindberg, Mark B.
Creating the North American landscape.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 222867
Call No.: HD7289.62.U6 H3 2002
Status: Available