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Changing suburbs : foundation, form, and function / edited by Richard Harris and Peter J. Larkham.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in history, planning, and the environment ; 24.
- Studies in history, planning, and the environment ; 24
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suburbs--History--19th century.
- Suburbs.
- Suburbs--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 280 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : E & FN Spon ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The editors and contributors to this volume demonstrate how suburbs and the meaning of suburbanism change both with time and geographical location.Here the disciplines of history, geography and sociology, together with subdisciplines as diverse as gender studies, art history and urban morphology, are brought together to reveal the nature of suburbia from the nineteenth century to the present day.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Preface; SUBURBAN FOUNDATION, FORM AND FUNCTION; BRITISH SUBURBAN TASTE, 1880 1939; BRITISH 'CORPORATION SUBURBIA': THE CHANGING FORTUNES OF NORRIS GREEN, LIVERPOOL; ENGLAND'S GARDEN SUBURBS: DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE; THE MAKING OF AMERICAN SUBURBS, 1900 1950's: A RECONSTRUCTION; SUBURBS OF DESIRE: THE SUBURBAN LANDSCAPE OF CANADIAN CITIES, c. 1900 1950; RUNNING RINGS AROUND THE CITY: NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SUBURBS, 1850 1950; WHAT WOMEN'S SPACES? WOMEN IN AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH, CANADIAN AND US SUBURBS
- 'GLORIA SOAME': THE SPREAD OF SUBURBIA IN POST-WAR AUSTRALIA MAKING EDGE CITY: POST-SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT AND LIFE ON THE FRONTIER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; UNDERSTANDING SUBURBS AS HISTORIC LANDSCAPES THROUGH PRESERVATION; CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT IN UK SUBURBS; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-81425-2
- 1-138-99112-0
- 1-280-06693-8
- 0-203-22299-7
- 9786610066933
- 9780203222997
- OCLC:
- 290473714
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