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The Levittowners: Ways of Life and Politics in a New Suburban Community
Herbert J. Gans
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Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
In 1955, Levitt and Sons purchased most of Willingboro Township, New Jersey and built 11,000 homes. This, their third Levittown, became the site of one of urban sociology's most famous community studies, Herbert J. Gans's The Levittowners. The product of two years of living in Levittown, the work chronicles the invention of a new community and its major institutions, the beginnings of social and political life, and the former city residents' adaptation to suburban living. Gans uses his research to reject the charge that suburbs are sterile and pathological. First published in 1967, The Levittowners is a classic of participant-observer ... Read more
In 1955, Levitt and Sons purchased most of Willingboro Township, New Jersey and built 11,000 homes. This, their third Levittown, became the site of one of urban sociology's most famous community studies, Herbert J. Gans's The Levittowners. The product of two years of living in Levittown, the work chronicles the invention of a new community and its major institutions, the beginnings of social and political life, and the former city residents' adaptation to suburban living. Gans uses his research to reject the charge that suburbs are sterile and pathological. First published in 1967, The Levittowners is a classic of participant-observer ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231178877
SKU
V9780231178877
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About Herbert J. Gans
Herbert J. Gans is professor of sociology emeritus at Columbia University. His many books include Imagining America in 2033 (2008), Deciding What's News (1979), and The Urban Villagers (1962).
Reviews for The Levittowners: Ways of Life and Politics in a New Suburban Community
Praise for the previous edition: It will be a book well read by students of sociology and town planning, and from its reading they will profit greatly. -American Sociological Review The Levittowners does more than illuminate for us American suburbia; it also contributes to our understanding of that elusive matter, the quality of American life. -Nathan Glazer, Harvard ... Read more