Research Catalog

Title

North American suburbs; politics, diversity, and change.

Author

Kramer, John.

Publication

Berkeley, Glendessary Press [1972]

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Details

Description

xxi, 330 p.; 22 cm.

Subjects

• Suburbs > North America
• Cities and towns > Growth

Contents

The myth of suburbia, by B. M. Berger.--The process of suburban development, by S. D. Clark.--Urbanism and suburbanism as ways of life: a re-evaluation of definitions, by H. J. Gans.--The big change in suburbia, by F. L. Allen.--The suburban boom, by B. J. Wattenberg with R. M. Scammon.--Suburban persistence, by R. Farley.--The social and economic characteristics of American suburbs, by L. F. Schnore.--The home in Crestwood Heights, by J. R. Seeley, R. A. Sim, and E. W. Loosley.--An anatomy of suburbia, by H. J. Gans.--The natural history of a reluctant suburb, by W. M. Dobriner.--Jewish-gentile relations in Lakeville, by B. B. Ringer.--The other Mayor Lee, by J. Kramer.--Mobile homes: instant suburbia or transportable slums? By R. M. French and J. K. Hadden.--The political sociology of American suburbia: a reinterpretation, by F. M. Wirt.--Political perspectives of suburban party leaders, by D. S. Ippolito.--Political participation in an upper-middle-class suburb, by J. Zikmund II and R. Smith.--The metropolitan government approach: should, can, and will it prevail? By D. R. Grant.--Suburban action: advocate planning for an open society, by P. and L. Davidoff and N. N. Gold.--The case for crowding, by W. H. Whyte.--References (p. [323]-330)

Call Number

JLD 72-3668

ISBN

• 0877092176 (pbk)
• 0877097178 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

70178881

OCLC

• 314046
• NYPG724172058-B

Author

Kramer, John. Compiler

Title

North American suburbs; politics, diversity, and change.

Imprint

Berkeley, Glendessary Press [1972]

Research Call Number

JLD 72-3668

JLD 73-784