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The Levittowners : ways of life and politics in a new suburban community
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The product of two years of living in Levittown, the work chronicles the invention of a new community and its major institutions, the beginnings of social and political life, and the former city re...
The product of two years of living in Levittown, the work chronicles the invention of a new community and its major institutions, the beginnings of social and political life, and the former city residents' adaptation to suburban living.
Details
- Creator
- Herbert J. Gans ; with a foreword by Harvey Molotch
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
- ©2017
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (527 pages) : tables
- ISBNs
- 9780231542647, 023154264X
- OCLC
- on1023539209
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Foreword / Harvey Molotch -- Preface to the Morningside Edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : the setting, theory, and method of the study -- Part 1. The origin of a community -- 1. The planners of Levittown -- 2. The Levittowners and why they came -- 3. The beginnings of group life -- 4. The founding of churches -- 5. The new school system -- 6. The emergence of party politics -- 7. The origin of a community -- Part 2. The quality of suburban life -- 8. Social life : suburban homogeneity and conformity -- 9. The vitality of community culture -- 10. Family and individual adaptation -- 11. The impact of the community -- Part 3. The democracy of politics -- 12. Political communication -- 13. The decision-making process -- 14. Politics and planning -- 15. Levittown and America -- Appendix : the methods of the study -- References -- Index