Format:
315 Seiten :
,
Illustrationen ;
,
23 cm.
ISBN:
978-0-226-82775-9
,
978-0-226-82773-5
Series Statement:
Historical studies of urban America
Content:
"Inverting the conventional history of American suburbanization, Tim Keogh turns the spotlight from wealth and freedom to poverty and inequality. Focusing on the archetypal Long Island communities of the postwar era, Keogh shows that a key driver of suburban development and the segregation it embodied was not housing but employment. Inequality and injustice were baked into suburban development, but housing discrimination was a secondary expression of this, not a primary cause. As a result, equity-minded suburbs that focused on housing policy rather than employment opportunities were doomed to fail. Keogh hopes to motivate more effective approaches to contemporary inequity by changing our understanding of how it took shape historically"--
Note:
Introduction --
,
The future Detroit of the East : from residential to industrial suburbia --
,
The crabgrass wasn't always greener : poverty amidst suburban plenty --
,
Attics, basements, and sheds : housing the poor during the suburban boom --
,
Fair without full employment : the limits of equal opportunity --
,
The suburban war on poverty --
,
Shouldering their "fair share" : why the suburbs could not resolve the "urban crisis" --
,
The Long Island miracle : suburbia into the next century --
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Conclusion : lessons from Long Island's past
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-226-82774-2
Language:
English
Keywords:
Vorstadt
;
Armut
;
History
Author information:
Keogh, Tim
