Dreaming Suburbia : Detroit and the Production of Postwar Space and Culture.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (220 pages)
- African American Life Series .
- African American Life Series .
Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Rumors from a Motel in Detroit -- 2. Mapping Postwar Space and Culture -- 3. Spaces of Detachment -- 4. Critiques of Suburban Conformity -- 5. Everyday Life and Suburban Estrangement -- 6. The City That Would Not Go Away -- 7. Postwar Space and Culture in Context -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Suburban life -- United States -- History -- 20th century. City and town life -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Suburban life in popular culture -- United States. Suburban life in literature. Riots -- Michigan -- Detroit. United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-. Detroit Metropolitan Area (Mich.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.