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BL
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1029033
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b783403
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Beauregard, Robert A.
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| Title & Author
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When America became suburban /\ Robert A. Beauregard.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (xvi, 271 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0816648859
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: 0816698813
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: 9780816648856
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: 9780816698813
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0816648840
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9780816648849
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-262) and index.
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| Contents
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The short American century -- Urbanization's consequences -- Parasitic urbanization -- Culture and institutions -- Domestic prosperity -- Ways of life -- America's global project -- Identity and urbanity -- Appendix A: Decennial population loss for the fifty largest U.S. cities, 1820-2000 -- Appendix B: Demographic and economic comparisons across periods of urbanization -- Appendix C: Measures of urbanization for historical periods.
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| Abstract
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Robert A. Beauregard examines the intersection of urban decline, suburbanization, domestic prosperity, and U.S. global aspirations as it unfolded from 1945 to the mid-1970s. Placing the decline of America's cities and the rise of the suburbs into a cultural, political, and global context, Beauregard illuminates how these phenomena contributed to a changing notion of America's identity at home and abroad.
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Suburbs-- United States-- History.
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Urbanization-- United States-- History.
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Banlieues-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
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Urbanisation-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- Urban.
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Suburbs.
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Urbanization.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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307.760973
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HT352.U6B43 2006eb
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