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Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States (Revised)

Kenneth T. Jackson

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This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "the good life" in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace. Integrating social history with economic and architectural analysis, and taking into account such factors as the availability of cheap land, inexpensive building methods, and rapid transportation, Kenneth Jackson chronicles the phenomenal growth of the American suburb from the middle of the 19th century to the present day. He treats communities in every section of the U.S. and compares American residential patterns with those of Japan and Europe. In conclusion, Jackson offers a controversial prediction: that the future of residential deconcentration will be very different from its past in both the U.S. and Europe.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publish Date: Apr 16th, 1987
  • Pages: 432
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Revised - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.20in - 1.10in - 1.05lb
  • EAN: 9780195049831
  • Categories: • United States - 20th Century• Sociology - Urban• Popular Culture

About the Author

Kenneth T. Jackson, Professor of History at Columbia University, is the author of The Ku Klux Klan in the City, 1915-1930; Cities in American History; and a number of other books.

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The Ezra Klein Show
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"“Crabgrass Frontier"...an absolute classic...tells the long-term history of housing development, mortgage markets, housing policy, the real estate industry in the U.S. ...you realize that suburbanization is not a post-World War II phenomenon. It goes back much further than that."

– Jenny Schuetz is an expert in urban economics and housing policy.
nytimes.com
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The Atlantic
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Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. https://t.co/uHeZCz8ahz

Kenneth T. Jackson’s 1985 work, "Crabgrass Frontier," is beloved by urban historians, and it underscores how novel America’s urban geography really is, Jerusalem Demsas writes. Check in tomorrow for another daily book recommendation: https://t.co/6dBxcCEjXt

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The Atlantic
2 years

"Jackson’s 1985 work, Crabgrass Frontier, is beloved by urban historians, and it underscores how novel America’s urban geography really is...Ahead of momentous elections, Crabgrass Frontier is a potent reminder that what’s built in one era shapes the next."

– Emma Sarappo is an associate editor at The Atlantic.
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Praise for this book

"A compelling narrative.... Jackson traces the consequences of the predominantly North American process [of suburbanization] through three centuries of technological, economic and social innovation."--Philadelphia Inquirer

What people are saying

Mentioner image for: The Ezra Klein Show
The Ezra Klein Show
2 years

"“Crabgrass Frontier"...an absolute classic...tells the long-term history of housing development, mortgage markets, housing policy, the real estate industry in the U.S. ...you realize that suburbanization is not a post-World War II phenomenon. It goes back much further than that."

– Jenny Schuetz is an expert in urban economics and housing policy.
nytimes.com
Mentioner image for: The Atlantic
The Atlantic
@TheAtlantic
2 years

Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. https://t.co/uHeZCz8ahz

Kenneth T. Jackson’s 1985 work, "Crabgrass Frontier," is beloved by urban historians, and it underscores how novel America’s urban geography really is, Jerusalem Demsas writes. Check in tomorrow for another daily book recommendation: https://t.co/6dBxcCEjXt

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