William J Weston

Between Bohemia and Suburbia

Boburbia in the USA

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book identifies a distinctive kind of urban neighbourhood that is on the rise throughout the US, the bourgeois-bohemian suburb or the "boburb." It provides a clear, historical account of how these spaces arose, exploring the influence of transportation systems is shaping residential and commercial spaces.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9781138614567
• ISBN-10: 1138614564
• Artikelnr.: 56528084

Autorenporträt

William J. Weston is Van Winkle Professor of Sociology at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: walking to the coffeehouse Part I: The Louisville Highlands:
an exemplary boburb 1. Louisville: the big picture 2. Boburbia: the vibrant
mixed-use community 3. How did the Highlands happen? From suburbia to
bohemia to boburbia 4. Why do you live in the Highlands? Part II: Bohemia
and suburbia in Louisville 5. The Highlands and "the Glens": the suburban
alternatives 6. Germantown and Clifton: Bohemia the old-fashioned way 7.
NuLu and Portland: Bohemia on steroids Part III: Varieties of boburbs 8.
Crescent Hill: the bourgeois boburb 9. Norton Commons: the boburb in the
fields 10. Russell and Shawnee: imagining a multiracial boburb of the
future 11. Boburbs elsewhere Part IV: Between bohemia and suburbia 12. A
measured appreciation of the boburb