When America became suburban / Robert A. Beauregard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beauregard, Robert A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suburbs--United States--History.

Suburbs.

Urbanization--United States--History.

Urbanization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. ; London : University of Minnesota Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the decades after World War II, the United States became the most prosperous nation in the world and a superpower whose dominance was symbolized by the American suburbs. Spurred by the decline of its industrial cities and by mass suburbanization, people imagined a new national identity-one that emphasized consumerism, social mobility, and a suburban lifestyle. The urbanity of the city was lost. In When America Became Suburban, Robert A. Beauregard examines this historic intersection of urban decline, mass suburbanization, domestic prosperity, and U.S. global aspirations as it unfolded

Contents:

The short American century

Urbanization's consequences

Parasitic urbanization

Culture and institutions

Domestic prosperity

Ways of life

America's global project

Identity and urbanity

Appendix A: Decennial population loss for the fifty largest U.S. cities, 1820-2000

Appendix B: Demographic and economic comparisons across periods of urbanization

Appendix C: Measures of urbanization for historical periods.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-4885-9

0-8166-9881-3

OCLC:

476096103