Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States 1st Edition

by Kenneth T. Jackson (Author)

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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.

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"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

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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.

Paperback: 396 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1st edition (April 16, 1987)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195049837
ISBN-13: 978-0195049831
Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 0.9 x 5.3 inches
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Leon Lam

The book on suburbanization

July 29, 2017

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This is probably the first comprehensive study of suburbanization. Jackson traces the history of urban development and provides a persuasive chronology of events that led to the present American society. His analysis of the social, political and intellectual context leading the formation of Levittowns in the 1950s is sound and useful to understand the more distant causes of "white flight" in the 1960s and 70s. Both in depth and breadth, this is certainly the book for the general audience on the topic.

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J. Hornyak

Excellent detail and very well written

April 29, 2016

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This book was suggested by my professor for additional readings for my research. I dreaded additional work but sucked it up and actually enjoy the book. It is very well written and extremely detailed about this history and extremely fast expansion of urban sprawl in the United States. There is good comic relief ever now and then but focused on the subject. I splurged and got the audio for the kindle which I had never done before and it highlights the line that the narrator. The narrator have good change in tone and reads at a normal rate.

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Sharon Karpinski

A must have for anyone interested in architectural history

September 9, 2014

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This book is THE basic reference on American suburbs, their cause and, sometimes, their cure. Jackson's chapters on how government-subsidized financing practically guaranteed "white only" suburbs post-WW II is fascinating as is his account of the politics of private development based on infusions of public money, e.g. the FHA and the VA loan programs. He also includes a lot of landscape architectural history in his discussions of pre-WW II 'burbs. Fascinating material.

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H. D. Espinosa

Great Book on Social, Economical and Urban Development

October 10, 2010

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This book is exactly 15 years old as I write this review. By accidental coincidence, today is also the day I finished reading it. As I always had curiosity and interest about American urban landscape, I thought this book would bring me different perspectives in comparison to two books I already had (both Suburban Nation (10th Anniversary Edition): The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream and It's a Sprawl World After All: The Human Cost of Unplanned Growth -- and Visions of a Better Future) and found Crabgrass Frontier a combination of both. While "Suburban Nation" focuses specially on the "technical" reasons the suburbs were formed the way they are, the other book develops more on the psychological and social effects that such environment created in many suburbanites.

Even though this book is relatively old, it contains arguments and definitions which are pretty much valid today, and predictions made about a city and countryside comeback due to suburbs decay and the rejection - at least for the most part - of a fragmented labor force, with white-color professionals working from the comfort and convenience of their own homes have proven to be accurate. After all, everything that goes up, must come down according to the gravity law...or everything that spreads outwards, must come inwards for that matter.

This is neither a pro nor an anti suburbanization piece of work, although it sometimes attributes social stratification and other inner city illnesses to this pattern of urban development. Rather, it describes what, when, how and why things are the way they appear today. It's a union of two other great books on the subject (the ones referred above) that is worth reading, especially those interested in urban planning and social and economical development.

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neptune1000

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August 14, 2016

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Essential reading if you want to understand what's going on in American cities today. Wake up kids!

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Jimmy Smiles

Good historical perspective of suburban sprawl

September 27, 2016

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Very thorough historical perspective of suburban sprawl in the US; informative and an enjoyable read.

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Jeremy M.

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March 12, 2018

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Fair condition with some write-ups...just as described.

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N. Serrano

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March 3, 2015

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a calssic that is still just as applicable today as when it came out 30 years ago.

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