
- 310 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Interviews with bankers, civic leaders, politicians, and architects provide the basis for this searching analysis of the ways in which the physical arrangement of land expresses American ideals, assumptions, and beliefs.
Originally published in 1977.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. —All's Right with the World? Land Use in American Society
- 2. The Ladder of Life: From Renter to Owner
- 3. Domestic Tranquillity: The Sociology of Sprawl and Transition
- 4. Many Wagons, Many Stars: The Uses of Land, Zoning, and Houses
- 5. A Place for Everyone : Negotiating Social Space and Social Order
- 6. Principles of Social Order
- Appendices
- Tables
- Bibliography
- Index