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Author Kelly, Barbara M.

Title Expanding the American dream : building and rebuilding Levittown / Barbara M. Kelly ; [with a foreword by William R. Taylor].

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [1993]
©1993

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  NA7571 .K44 1993    Available  ---
Description xi, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series SUNY series in the new cultural history
SUNY series in the new cultural history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-275) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Construction -- The plan in the planned community -- Houses fit for heroes -- The house becomes a home -- Expanding the American dream -- A closer look -- Myths and meanings -- The politics of house and home -- Postscript -- Appendix I: The sale of the rental units -- Appendix II: The women's congress on housing -- Appendix III: Comparative social statistics on Levittown over time.
Subject Suburban homes -- New York (State) -- Levittown.
Suburban homes.
New York (State) -- Levittown.
Planned communities -- New York (State) -- Levittown.
Planned communities.
Architects and housing developers -- New York (State) -- Levittown.
Architects and housing developers.
Architecture and society -- New York (State) -- Levittown.
Architecture and society.
Maisons de banlieue -- New York (État) -- Levittown.
Collectivités nouvelles -- New York (État) -- Levittown.
Architectes et promoteurs résidentiels -- New York (État) -- Levittown.
Architecture et société -- New York (État) -- Levittown.
ISBN 0791412873
9780791412879
0791412881 paperback
9780791412886 paperback