| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 214 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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African American Life Ser.
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African American Life Ser.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index. |
| Summary |
Dreaming Suburbia is a cultural and historical interpretation of the political economy of postwar American suburbanization. Questions of race, class, and gender are explored through novels, film, television and social criticism where suburbia features as a central theme. Although suburbanization had important implications for cities and for the geo-politics of race, critical considerations of race and urban culture often receive insufficient attention in cultural studies of suburbia. This book puts these questions back in the frame by focusing on Detroit, Dearborn and Ford history, and the local suburbs of Inkster and Garden City. Covering such topics as the political and cultural economy of suburban sprawl, the interdependence of city and suburb, and local acts of violence and crises during the 1967 riots, the text examines the making of a physical place, its cultural effects and social exclusions. The perspectives of cultural history, American studies, social science, and urban studies give Dreaming Suburbia an interdisciplinary appeal. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Suburban life -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Suburban life. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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City and town life -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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City and town life. |
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Suburban life in popular culture -- United States.
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Suburban life in popular culture. |
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Suburban life in literature.
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Suburban life in literature. |
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Riots -- Michigan -- Detroit.
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Riots. |
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Michigan -- Detroit. |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
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Detroit Metropolitan Area (Mich.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Detroit Metropolitan Area (Mich.) -- Race relations.
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1900 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kenyon, Amy Maria. Dreaming suburbia. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2004 (DLC) 2004015479 |
| ISBN |
9780814339138 (electronic book) |
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0814339131 (electronic book) |
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0814332285 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780814332283 |
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0814339131 |
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