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In Levittown's shadow : poverty in America's wealthiest postwar suburb
Title
In Levittown's shadow : poverty in America's wealthiest postwar suburb / Tim Keogh.
ISBN
9780226827742 (electronic bk.)
0226827747 (electronic bk.)
9780226827735
0226827739
9780226827759
0226827755
Publication
Chicago, IL ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
Copyright Notice Date
©2023
Physical Description
1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Variant and related titles
De Gruyter University Press eBook 2023.
Other formats
Original
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 04, 2023
Series
Historical studies of urban America
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
The future Detroit of the East : from residential to industrial suburbia
The crabgrass wasn't always greener : poverty amidst suburban plenty
Attics, basements, and sheds : housing the poor during the suburban boom
Fair without full employment : the limits of equal opportunity
The suburban war on poverty
Shouldering their "fair share" : why the suburbs could not resolve the "urban crisis"
The Long Island miracle : suburbia into the next century
Conclusion : lessons from Long Island's past.
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Walter de Gruyter & Co. University of Chicago Press Complete 2023.
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