| Description |
xv, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Studies in history, planning, and the environment ; 24 |
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Studies in history, planning, and the environment ; 24
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| Contents |
1. Suburban Foundation, Form and Function / Richard Harris and Peter J. Larkham -- Pt. 1. early twentieth-century suburbs. 2. British Suburban Taste, 1880-1939 / Peter Newby and Mark Turner. 3. British 'Corporation Suburbia': The Changing Fortunes of Norris Green, Liverpool / Richard Turkington. 4. England's Garden Suburbs: Development and Change / J. W. R. Whitehand and Christine M. H. Carr. 5. The Making of American Suburbs, 1900-1950s: A Reconstruction / Richard Harris. 6. Suburbs of Desire: The Suburban Landscape of Canadian Cities, c.1900-1950 / Larry McCann. 7. Running Rings Around the City: North American Industrial Suburbs, 1850-1950 / Robert Lewis -- Pt. 2. later twentieth-century suburbs. 8. What Women's Spaces? Women in Australian, British, Canadian and US Suburbs / Veronica Strong-Boag, Isabel Dyck and Kim England / [et al.]. 9. 'Gloria Soame': The Spread of Suburbia in Post-War Australia / Tony Dingle |
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10. Making Edge City: Post-Suburban Development and Life on the Frontier in Southern California / Andrew E. G. Jonas. 11. Understanding Suburbs as Historic Landscapes through Preservation / David L. Ames. 12. Conservation and Management in UK Suburbs / Peter J. Larkham |
| Summary |
Contrary to popular belief, suburbs are not a recent phenomenon, nor are they the same everywhere! The editors and contributors to this volume demonstrate how suburbs and the meaning of suburbanism change both with time and geographical location |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Suburbs -- History -- 19th century.
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Suburbs -- History -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Harris, Richard, 1952-
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Larkham, P. J. (Peter J.), 1960-
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| LC no. |
99012105 |
| ISBN |
041922050X : |
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041922050X (alk. paper) |
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041922050X : |
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