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This title was first published in 2003. Suburbanizing the Masses examines how collective forms of transport have contributed to the spatial and social evolution
Henry Ford’s Plan for the American Suburb
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: Heather Barrow
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-29 - Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press

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Around Detroit, suburbanization was led by Henry Ford, who not only located a massive factory over the city's border in Dearborn, but also was the first industr
When America Became Suburban
Language: en
Pages: 291
Authors: Robert A. Beauregard
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-08-25 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

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In the decades after World War II, the United States became the most prosperous nation in the world and a superpower whose dominance was symbolized by the Ameri
Crabgrass Frontier
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Authors: Kenneth T. Jackson
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This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "the good life" in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own
The End of the Suburbs
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: Leigh Gallagher
Categories: Business & Economics
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