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Dreaming suburbia : Detroit and the production of postwar space and culture / Amy Maria Kenyon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kenyon, Amy Maria.
- Series:
- African American Life Series
- African American life series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suburban life--United States--History--20th century.
- Suburban life.
- City and town life--United States--History--20th century.
- City and town life.
- Suburban life in popular culture--United States.
- Suburban life in popular culture.
- Suburban life in literature.
- Riots--Michigan--Detroit.
- Riots.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- United States.
- Detroit Metropolitan Area (Mich.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Detroit Metropolitan Area (Mich.).
- Detroit Metropolitan Area (Mich.)--Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The perspectives of cultural history, American studies, social science, and urban studies give Dreaming Suburbia an interdisciplinary appeal.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Series Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Rumors from a Motel in Detroit""; ""2. Mapping Postwar Space and Culture""; ""3. Spaces of Detachment""; ""4. Critiques of Suburban Conformity""; ""5. Everyday Life and Suburban Estrangement""; ""6. The City That Would Not Go Away""; ""7. Postwar Space and Culture in Context""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814339138
- 0814339131
- OCLC:
- 849944416
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