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Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States
Crabgrass Frontier The Suburbanization of the United States
Author: Kenneth T. Jackson
This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "the good life" in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace. Integrating social history with economic and architectural analysis, and taking into account such factors as the ava...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195049831
ISBN-10: 0195049837
Publication Date: 4/16/1987
Pages: 408
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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