The Suburb Reader

According to the 2000 Census, fifty percent of Americans live in suburbs, signifying a dramatic reversal of patterns since the 1920s, when only fifteen percent of the nation's population lived in this type of neighborhood. This important work collects the best writings on such suburbs from their ori [...]
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According to the 2000 Census, fifty percent of Americans live in suburbs, signifying a dramatic reversal of patterns since the 1920s, when only fifteen percent of the nation's population lived in this type of neighborhood. This important work collects the best writings on such suburbs from their origins in the nineteenth century through to the present day. Organized chronologically and thematically, it includes scholarly essays, documents, magazine and newspaper articles, and a wealth of reproductions of advertisements and photographs. As such, it will be an essential addition to courses in American urban history, anthropology, sociology, urban studies and planning, as well as suburban history, American studies, and cultural studies.