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The Levittowners

By Herbert J. Gans

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
1982
ISBN
0231055714, 9780231055710
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
28 MB (28931007 bytes)
Pages
474\511
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-06 10:53:44

Description

Gans' 450 page monograph, The Levittowners: Life and Politics in a New Suburban Community, sought to answer four questions - 1) what is the origin of a new community, 2) what is the quality of suburban life, 3) what is the effect of suburbia on behavior, and 4) what is the quality of politics and decision-making. Gans thoroughly devotes himself to answering these questions, with seven chapters devoted to the first, four to the second and third, and four to the fourth. The reader gains a very clear understanding of life in Levittown through the professional observation made by Gans as well as the surveys that he commissioned during and after his time there.

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