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The end of the suburbs : where the American dream is moving / Leigh Gallagher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gallagher, Leigh (Journalist), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suburbs--United States--History.
- Suburbs.
- Suburban life--United States--History.
- Suburban life.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 261 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2013]
- Summary:
- A "Fortune" journalist examines why the suburbs are transforming and losing their appeal--and why that's not a bad thing.
- Contents:
- The great urban exodus
- The master-planned American dream
- "My car knows the way to gymnastics"
- The urban burbs
- The end of the nuclear family
- Where the wealth is moving
- The future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781591845256
- 1591845254
- OCLC:
- 796756273
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