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Book SynopsisThe years shortly after the end of World War II saw the beginnings of a new kind of community that blended the characteristics of suburbia with those of the central city. Over the decades these edge citieshave become permanent features of the regional landscape. Originally published in 1996. The years shortly after the end of World War II saw the beginnings of a new kind of community that blended the characteristics of suburbia with those of the central city. Over the decades these edge cities have become permanent features of the regional landscape. In Post-Suburbia, historian Jon Teaford charts the emergence of these areas and explains why and how they developed. Teaford begins by describing the adaptation of traditional units of government to the ideals and demands of the changing world along the metropolitan fringe. He shows how these post-suburban municipalities had to fashion a government that perpetuated the ideals of small-scale village life and yet, at the same time, provide
Trade ReviewA pioneering study in the important history of our recent urban past and effectively uses history to produce a better understanding of our post-suburban world.
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Planning PerspectivesTable of ContentsChapter 1. New Government for a New Metropolis
Chapter 2. The Age of the Suburban Haven
Chapter 3. The Emerging Post-Suburban Pattern, 1945-1960
Chapter 4. Maintaining the Balance of Power
Chapter 5. Post-Suburban Imperialists
Chapter 6. Recognition and Rebellion
Chapter 7. The Pragmatic Compromise
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index
