| Changing Suburbs: Foundation, Form and Function Contributor(s): Harris, Richard (Editor), Larkham, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 041922050X ISBN-13: 9780419220503 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: The subject of suburbanization is attracting growing interest across several disciplines. This unique survey has been drawn together by a multi-disciplinary team of specialists. The book lists historical and contemporary research with particular emphasis on the UK, North America, Australia and South Africa. It provides a broad overview that is both comparative and international in scope. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development |
| Dewey: 307.74 |
| LCCN: 99012105 |
| Series: Studies in History, Planning, and the Environment |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.31 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The editors and contributors to this volume demonstrate how suburbs and the meaning of suburbanism change both with time and geographical location. Here the disciplines of history, geography and sociology, together with subdisciplines as diverse as gender studies, art history and urban morphology, are brought together to reveal the nature of suburbia from the nineteenth century to the present day. |