Dead end : suburban sprawl and the rebirth of American urbanism
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Oxford University Press,
Oxford :
[2014]
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"A witty, readable, and highly original tour through the history of America's suburbs and cities to uncover the human impulses that keep sprawl spreading"--Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780199360147 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: vi, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmprint
- Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: Introduction - Escape from the suburbs -- Chapter 1 - The strange birth of suburbia -- Chapter 2 - Planners and embalmers -- Chapter 3 - Government-sponsored sprawl -- Chapter 4 - Ticky-tacky boxes -- Chapter 5 - Jane Jacobs versus the planners -- Chapter 6 - Saving the city -- Chapter 7 - The age of the nimby -- Chapter 8 - Spreading like cancer -- Chapter 9 - The war of greed against snobbery -- Chapter 10 - A new thirst for city life -- Chapter 11 - Backlash from the right -- Chapter 12 - The language of land use -- Chapter 13 - Breaking new ground -- Chapter 14 - The politics of smart growth -- Chapter 15 - Democratic urbanism -- Chapter 16 - Affordable housing in an ownership society -- Chapter 17 - On track toward livable cities -- Afterword.