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Expanding the American dream : building and rebuilding Levittown

Title: Expanding the American dream : building and rebuilding Levittown / Barbara M. Kelly ; [with a foreword by William R. Taylor].
Author: Kelly, Barbara M.
Publication: Albany : State University of New York Press, [1993], ©1993.

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Description

xi, 284 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

SUNY series in the new cultural history

Uniform Title

SUNY series in the new cultural history.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index.

Contents

1. Construction -- 2. The Plan in the Planned Community -- 3. Houses Fit for Heroes -- 4. The House Becomes a Home -- 5. Expanding the American Dream -- 6. A Closer Look -- 7. Myths and Meanings -- 8. The Politics of House and Home -- 9. Postscript -- Appendix I The Sale of the Rental Units -- Appendix II The Women's Congress on Housing -- Appendix III Comparative Social Statistics on Levittown over Time.

ISBN

0791412873
0791412881 (pbk.)

LCCN

91046676

OCLC

25094119
ocm25094119

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries