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OverviewIn 1955 Levitt and Sons, Inc. purchased almost all of Willingboro Township, New Jersey, a sparsely settled agricultural area seventeen miles from Philadelphia. They would build 1,200 homes; three basic house types would be erected; ten or twelve neighborhoods would emerge. This suburban experiment was the basis for one of the most famous case studies in urban sociology, Herbert J. Gans' The Levittowners. This classic work examines its subject from numerous angles: the beginnings of group life, the founding of churches, the emergence of party politics, family and individual adaptation, and other dimensions of the suburban experience. In a new introduction, written especially for this edition, Gans reflects on the past twenty years and their effect on the Levittown community. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Herbert J. Gans , Harvey Molotch (Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University)Publisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.595kg ISBN: 9780231055710ISBN 10: 0231055714 Pages: 474 Publication Date: 22 December 1982 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsThe 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 University 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 University 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 University 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 Author InformationHerbert J. Gans is professor of sociology at Columbia University. By profession a planner as well as a sociologist, he is also the author of The Urban Villagers, People and Plans, More Equality, Popular Culture and High Culture, and Deciding What's News. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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