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Product Identifiers
Publisher
STATE University of New York Press
ISBN-10
0791412881
ISBN-13
9780791412886
eBay Product ID (ePID)
905618
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Expanding the American Dream : Building and Rebuilding Levittown
Publication Year
1993
Subject
Sociology / General, General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
House & Home, Architecture, Social Science
Series
Suny Series in the New Cultural History Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
91-046676
Reviews
"Urban/suburban historians have been insufficiently attentive to the physical environment as a source of historical evidence. Architectural historians have been interested primarily in the initial design of buildings, in ferreting out the designer's sources and intentions. Kelly joins a growing number of specialists in vernacular architectural history and material culture studies who are interested in understanding the meanings of buildings by looking at their use(s) and change(s) as well as their initial designs."-- Mary Corbin Sies, University of Maryland "Ms. Kelly has written a book that will be used both in courses concerned with suburbanization and those engaged with the continuous process of environmental design and redesign. One of the greatest delights of the book is the way she connects familiar artifacts and processes -- drying clothes, redoing a kitchen, adding a room, growing older -- to the design of communities and the politics of gender and class." -- Seymour J. Mandelbaum, University of Pennsylvania
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
307.3/3616/09747245
Table Of Content
Figures Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Construction 2. The Plan in the Planned Community 3. Houses Fit for Heroes 4. The House Becomes a Home 5. Expanding the American Dream 6. A Closer Look 7. Myths and Meanings 8. The Politics of House and Home 9. Postscript Appendix I. The Sale of Rental Units Appendix II. The Women's Congress on Housing Appendix III. Comparative Social Statistics on Levittown over Time Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Much has been written about the housing policies of the Depression and the Postwar period. Much less has been written of the houses built as a result of these policies, or the lives of the families who lived in them. Using the houses of Levittown, Long Island, as cultural artifacts, this book examines the relationship between the government-sponsored, mass-produced housing built after World War II, the families who lived in it, and the society that fostered it. Beginning with the basic four-room, slab-based Cape Cods and Ranches, Levittown homeowners invested time and effort, barter and money in the expansion and redesign of their houses. The author shows how this gradual process has altered the socioeconomic nature of the community as well, bringing Levittown fully into the mainstream of middle-class America. This book works on several levels. For planners, it offers a reassessment of the housing policies of the 1940s and '50s, suggesting that important lessons remain to be learned from the Levittown experience. For historians, it offers new insights into the nature of the suburbanization process that followed World War II. And for those who wish to understand the subtle workings of their own domestic space within their lives, it offers food for speculation., Much has been written about the housing policies of the Depression and the Postwar period. Much less has been written of the houses built as a result of these policies, or the lives of the families who lived in them. Using the houses of Levittown, Long Island, as cultural artifacts, this book examines the relationship between the government-sponsored, mass-produced housing built after World War II, the families who lived in it, and the society that fostered it.Beginning with the basic four-room, slab-based Cape Cods and Ranches, Levittown homeowners invested time and effort, barter and money in the expansion and redesign of their houses. The author shows how this gradual process has altered the socioeconomic nature of the community as well, bringing Levittown fully into the mainstream of middle-class America.This book works on several levels. For planners, it offers a reassessment of the housing policies of the 1940s and '50s, suggesting that important lessons remain to be learned from the Levittown experience. For historians, it offers new insights into the nature of the suburbanization process that followed World War II. And for those who wish to understand the subtle workings of their own domestic space within their lives, it offers food for speculation.
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