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Author: John Archer ,
Paul J. P. Sandul ,
Katherine Solomonson ,
Margaret Crawford
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Imprint: University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 5.10cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.744kg
ISBN: 9780816692996
ISBN 10: 0816692998
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 15 April 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Contributors attempt to remove stereotypes-- plenty are called out-- and to legitimate suburbs as a field of study. The topics covered here might fall into several fields ranging from sociology to urban planning, remain peripheral to them, or provoke further investigation. --CHOICE The book succeeds in demolishing the single sterile stereotype of suburbia. --Planning Magazine Demonstrating suburbia's mobility as both metaphor and materiality, the collection's diverse accounts of communities, families, and their dwellings evidence how the borders between the cul-de-sac and beyond remain malleable. Take together, the collection answers yes to the question, Do these places matter? and reaffirms the call for scholars to further study the complexity of suburbia. --Historical Geography I greatly enjoyed reading Making Suburbia and highly recommend it for academic study as well as personal interest. --Journal of Planning Education and Research
Contributors attempt to remove stereotypes-- plenty are called out-- and to legitimate suburbs as a field of study. The topics covered here might fall into several fields ranging from sociology to urban planning, remain peripheral to them, or provoke further investigation. --CHOICE The book succeeds in demolishing the single sterile stereotype of suburbia. --Planning Magazine Demonstrating suburbia's mobility as both metaphor and materiality, the collection's diverse accounts of communities, families, and their dwellings evidence how the borders between the cul-de-sac and beyond remain malleable. Take together, the collection answers yes to the question, Do these places matter? and reaffirms the call for scholars to further study the complexity of suburbia. --Historical Geography I greatly enjoyed reading Making Suburbia and highly recommend it for academic study as well as personal interest. --Journal of Planning Education and Research
""Contributors attempt to remove stereotypes-- plenty are called out-- and to legitimate suburbs as a field of study. The topics covered here might fall into several fields ranging from sociology to urban planning, remain peripheral to them, or provoke further investigation.""—CHOICE ""The book succeeds in demolishing the single sterile stereotype of suburbia.""—Planning Magazine ""Demonstrating suburbia’s mobility as both metaphor and materiality, the collection’s diverse accounts of communities, families, and their dwellings evidence how the borders between the cul-de-sac and beyond remain malleable. Take together, the collection answers “yes” to the question, “Do these places matter?” and reaffirms the call for scholars to further study the complexity of suburbia.""—Historical Geography ""I greatly enjoyed reading Making Suburbia and highly recommend it for academic study as well as personal interest.""—Journal of Planning Education and Research
Author Information
John Archer is professor of cultural studies and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Architecture and Suburbia and The Literature of British Domestic Architecture, 17151842. Paul J. P. Sandul is assistant professor of history at Stephen F. Austin State University. He is the author ofCalifornia Dreaming: Boosterism, Memory, and Rural Suburbs in the Golden State. Katherine Solomonson is associate professor of architecture at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of The Chicago Tribune Tower Competition: Skyscraper Design and Cultural Change in the 1920s. Margaret Crawford is professor of architecture at University of California, Berkeley.
