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The death and life of Main Street : small towns in American memory, space and community / Miles Orvell.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orvell, Miles, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Small cities--Social aspects--United States.
- Small cities.
- City and town life--United States.
- City and town life.
- Social aspects.
- United States.
- Community life--United States.
- Community life.
- Community development--United States.
- Community development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 286 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
- System Details:
- text file
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-268) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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