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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Suburb Reader 2016 Edition by Becky Nicolaides, Andrew Wiese
Since the 1920s, the United States has seen a dramatic reversal in living patterns, with a majority of Americans now residing in suburbs. This mass emigration from cities is one of the most fundamental social and geographical transformations in recent US history. Suburbanization has not only produced a distinct physical environment-it has become a major defining force in the construction of twentieth-century American culture. Employing over 200 primary sources, illustrations, and critical essays, The Suburb Reader documents the rise of North American suburbanization from the 1700s through the present day. Through thematically organized chapters it explores multiple facets of suburbia's creation and addresses its indelible impact on the shaping of gender and family ideologies, politics, race relations, technology, design, and public policy. Becky Nicolaides' and Andrew Wiese's concise commentaries introduce the selections and contextualize the major themes of each chapter. Distinctive in its integration of multiple perspectives on the evolution of the suburban landscape, The Suburb Reader pays particular attention to the long, complex experiences of African Americans, immigrants, and working people in suburbia. Encompassing an impressive breadth of chronology and themes, The Suburb Reader is a landmark collection of the best works on the rise of this modern social phenomenon. New to the editionThe second edition incorporates important new research that explores the complex history and cultures of the American suburbsMore coverage of transnational cases and the influence of American suburbia internationallyMore coverage of the post-financial crisis and housing crisis in the U. S.,including rising suburban inequalityThe positive sides of suburban living are further emphasized, balancing the critical approaches of the text, including, "best practices" in policy.Deeper coverage of ethnically diverse suburbs, including politics and lifeways in Asian American and Latino suburbs Expanded coverage of recent exclusionary tactics, from cultural politics to violence in FergusonNew material on popular culture representations, in film, television, music, and children's literatureNew coverage of the future of suburbs, including further economic, political, and social transformations and recent initiatives in sustainability and regional equity Part I: The Emergence of Suburbia 1750-1940Chapter 1. The Transnational Origins of the Elite Suburb Chapter 2. Family and Gender in the Making of SuburbiaChapter 3. Technology and Decentralization Chapter 4. Economic and Class Diversity on the Early Suburban FringeChapter 5. The Politics of Early Suburbia Chapter 6. Imagining Suburbia: Visions and Plans from the Turn of the Century Chapter 7. The Other Suburbanites: class, racial, & ethnic diversity in early suburbia Chapter 8. The Tools of Exclusion: From Local Initiatives to Federal Policy Part II: Postwar Suburbia 1940-1970Chapter 9. Postwar America: Suburban Apotheosis Chapter 10. Culture Wars: Polarized Constructions of Suburban Life Chapter 11.Postwar Suburbs and the Construction of RaceChapter 12. The City-Suburb Divide Part III: Recent Suburbia, 1970 to the PresentChapter 13. The Political Culture of Suburbia Chapter 14. Suburban Transformations Since 1970Chapter 15. Economic and Class TransformationsChapter 16. Our Town: Enduring Exclusion in Recent SuburbiaChapter 17. The Future of Suburbia