Detached America : building houses in postwar suburbia

Detached America : building houses in postwar suburbia / James A. Jacobs.

This vast and long-lived collaboration between government and business--fueled by millions of homeowners--established the financial mechanisms, consumer framework, domestic ideologies, and architectural precedents that permanently altered the geographic and demographic landscape of the nation.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacobs, James A., 1974- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.
Series:Midcentury (Charlottesville, Va.)
Subjects:
1900-1999
Home ownership > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Suburban homes > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Suburban life > United States > History > 20th century.
Construction industry > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
Construction industry > Social aspects
Home ownership > Social aspects
Suburban homes > Social aspects
Suburban life
United States
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:This vast and long-lived collaboration between government and business--fueled by millions of homeowners--established the financial mechanisms, consumer framework, domestic ideologies, and architectural precedents that permanently altered the geographic and demographic landscape of the nation.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813937618
0813937612
9780813937625
0813937620
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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