Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States
- ISBN-10
- 0195049837
- ISBN-13
- 9780195049831
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 396
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987-04-16
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Kenneth T. Jackson
Description
Traces the development of American suburbs, suggests reasons for their growth, compares American residential patterns with those of Europe and Japan, and looks at future trends
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