Bibliograph

Radical suburbs, experimental living on the fringes of the American city, Amanda Kolson Hurley

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Radical suburbs, experimental living on the fringes of the American city, Amanda Kolson Hurley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-172)

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illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Radical suburbs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1054829823

Responsibility statement

Amanda Kolson Hurley

Sub title

experimental living on the fringes of the American city

Summary

"American suburbs are not the homogeneous places we sometimes take them for. Today's suburbs are racially, ethnically, and economically diverse with as many Democratic as Republican voters, a growing population of renters, and rising poverty. The cliché of white picket fences is well past its expiration date. The history of suburbia is equally surprising: American suburbs were once fertile ground for utopian planning, communal living, socially-conscious design, and integrated housing. We have forgotten that we built suburbs like these, such as a co-housing commune near Pittsburgh, a tiny-house anarchist community in New Jersey, a government-planned garden city in the DC suburbs, and a racially integrated subdivision outside Philadelphia. Radical suburbs is a history that will help us remake the future and rethink our assumptions of suburbia"--Back cover

Table Of Contents

Celibacy and co-housing on the suburban frontier -- The anarchists who took the commuter train -- The rise and fall of the New Deal's Garden City -- When the Bauhaus met the subdivision -- Integrating the suburbs at "Checkerboard Square" -- The fight over the soul of a new town

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