American Suburb The Basics

The American Suburb: The Basics is a compact, enjoyable introduction to the origins and contemporary realities of the American suburb. The book explores the rise of suburbia, its diversity, its commercial life, its government, its housing issues, and the conflicts that arise in discussions about suburban planning and the future of this way of life. Acknowledging but never yielding to the long history of negative associations and countless derogatory critiques of suburbia, Jon Teaford discusses a great number of suburbs located throughout the nation and emphatically refutes their common myths and stereotypes. Broad in scope yet brimming with detail, here is an eye-opening account of this dominant way of life in America today.Teaford, Jon C. is the author of 'American Suburb The Basics ' with ISBN 9780415951647 and ISBN 041595164X.