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by Professor Herbert Gans (Author) "IN ORDER TO DESCRIBE LEVITTOWN'S ORIGIN, ONE MUST BEGIN WITH its planners: who made the critical decisions for the conception of the community, with what..." (more)
Key Phrases: nonresident doctors, suburban critique, suburban critics, Township Committee, New Jersey, Planning Board (more...)
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IN ORDER TO DESCRIBE LEVITTOWN'S ORIGIN, ONE MUST BEGIN WITH its planners: who made the critical decisions for the conception of the community, with what goals in mind, and for what kinds of residents and aspirations? Read the first page
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nonresident doctors, suburban critique, suburban critics, former suburbanites, joint family activity, altruistic democracy, cent checked, further suburbanization, less spare time, lower middle class culture, former city dwellers, former urbanites, compatible neighbors, definitional struggle, community heterogeneity, lower middle class people, couple visiting, performing government, compatible people, voter blocs, actual government, township council, sorting groups, upper middle class people, new school system
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Township Committee, New Jersey, Planning Board, Long Island, New York, Burlington County, William Levitt, Board of Education, Little League, Human Relations Council, Park Forest, Supreme Court, Township Council, Chamber of Commerce, The Emergence of Party Politics, The Vitality of Community Culture, League of Women Voters, Air Force, Alfred Levitt, Ford Foundation, Jewish Community Center, Levittown Civic Association, Bucks County, Federated Women's Club, Levittown Herald
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