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Author Martinson, Tom, 1944-

Title American dreamscape : the pursuit of happiness in postwar suburbia / Tom Martinson.

Imprint New York : Carroll & Graf, 2000.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  307.76 M366a    ---  Available
Edition 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Description xxviii, 291 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-277) and index.
Contents The yeoman mythology -- The American ideal -- The cross of gold -- On the suburbanizing fringe -- Wright was mostly right -- If you build it, they'll just use it -- Why are the suburbs so bad -- The trouble with gentry -- From Brentwood to Boston -- An unlikely Babylon -- Visionary American landscape -- The return to Arcadia.
Subject Suburbs.
Suburban life.
Metropolitan areas.
City and town life.
Social values.
ISBN 0786707712

 
    
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