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He shows how this new town changed community planning throughout the United States, including its effects on community development up to the present.

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Randall's account of Park Forest effectively challenges the conventional distinction between 1930s idealism and the postwar materialism that shapes so many accounts of post-1945 America. -- Robert Fishman Journal of American History The book's strength is Randall's discussion of Park Forest within the history of new community-planning initiatives. Choice This book provides a readable narrative of Park Forest's development, with photos and anecdotes that capture the enthusiasm of its early residents. -- D. Andrew Austin Urban Affairs Review Gregory C. Randall makes a valuable contribution with his book, the first full-length history of the [Park Forest] community... [it] will be a boon to scholars interested in exploring some of the many interesting questions surrounding Park Forest and the postwar suburban phenomenon. -- Robert W. Blythe Vernacular Architecture Newsletter This is a sound history, an engaging, crisp narrative. -- Arthur W. Turner Journal of Illinois History

Americas Original GI Town

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 2 January 2004
      ISBN-13 9780801877520
      978-0801877520
      ISBN-10 0801877520
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      He shows how this new town changed community planning throughout the United States, including its effects on community development up to the present.

      Trade Review
      Randall's account of Park Forest effectively challenges the conventional distinction between 1930s idealism and the postwar materialism that shapes so many accounts of post-1945 America. -- Robert Fishman Journal of American History The book's strength is Randall's discussion of Park Forest within the history of new community-planning initiatives. Choice This book provides a readable narrative of Park Forest's development, with photos and anecdotes that capture the enthusiasm of its early residents. -- D. Andrew Austin Urban Affairs Review Gregory C. Randall makes a valuable contribution with his book, the first full-length history of the [Park Forest] community... [it] will be a boon to scholars interested in exploring some of the many interesting questions surrounding Park Forest and the postwar suburban phenomenon. -- Robert W. Blythe Vernacular Architecture Newsletter This is a sound history, an engaging, crisp narrative. -- Arthur W. Turner Journal of Illinois History

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