{"product_id":"americas-original-gi-town-9780801877520","title":"Americas Original GI Town","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe shows how this new town changed community planning throughout the United States, including its effects on community development up to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRandall'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","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405199843671,"sku":"9780801877520","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801877520.jpg?v=1730489073","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/americas-original-gi-town-9780801877520","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}