| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 142 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Creating the North American landscape |
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Creating the North American landscape.
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| Contents |
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part One -- Background -- Prologue -- Trailers -- Trailer Parks -- The War Years -- Mobile Homes -- The HUD Code -- New Models -- Siting Mobile Homes -- Part Two -- Single-Siteds -- Where Are They? -- The Lexington Hexagon -- Northern New Mexico -- Mercer County, North Dakota -- Upstate New York -- Adams County, Wisconsin -- Spersopolis -- The Coal Field -- Part Three -- Side by Side -- The Mountain West -- Filling in the Flathead -- A Snapshot of Evergreen -- Boom and Bust in Western Montana |
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""The Changing ��Small��-Town West""""Part Four -- Parks""; ""Mobile Home Parks, Utilitarian to Upscale""; ""The Twin Cities Metropolitan Area""; ""Southwestern Kansas""; ""Long Neck""; ""Florida""; ""Southern California""; ""Part Five -- Conclusions & Epilogue""; ""Conclusion""; ""Epilogue""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Authors"" |
| Summary |
With a wealth of detail and illustrations, The Unknown World of the Mobile Home provides readers with an in-depth look into this variation on the American dream |
| Notes |
"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Harrisonburg, Virginia." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-138) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Mobile homes -- United States
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Mobile home living -- United States
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Mobile home industry -- United States
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Mobile home parks -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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Mobile home industry
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Mobile home living
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Mobile home parks
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Mobile homes
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rhodes, Michelle J., 1972-
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Morgan, John (John T.)
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| ISBN |
0801875838 |
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9780801875830 |
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0801868998 |
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9780801868993 |
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