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The death and life of Main Street small towns in American memory, space and community

Title
The death and life of Main Street [electronic resource] : small towns in American memory, space and community / Miles Orvell.
Author
Orvell, Miles.
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 286 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Death and life of Main Street (Online)
Alternative Title
Death and life of Main Street (Online)
Subject
  • Small cities > Social aspects > United States
  • City and town life > United States
  • Community life > United States
  • Community development > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-268) and index.
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Contents
Main street mythologies -- Fighting extinction: the reinvention of Main Street -- Living on Main Street: Sinclair Lewis and the great cultural divide -- Main Street as memory -- Main Street: belonging and not belonging -- Utopian dreams: from Forest Hills to Greenbelt -- Rethinking suburbia: Levittown or the new urbanism? -- Main Street in the city -- Conclusion: consuming Main Street.
LCCN
2012005086
OCLC
ssj0000722555
Author
Orvell, Miles.
Title
The death and life of Main Street [electronic resource] : small towns in American memory, space and community / Miles Orvell.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-268) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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