Lawrence Samuel

Home Ownership in America

A Socio-Cultural History of Housing in the United States

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Produktbeschreibung

A wide-ranging cultural history centered around the concepts of real estate, the family home, and the American dream, and how they evolved over the years, Home Ownership in America: A Socio-Cultural History of Housing in the United States traces narratives around homeownership from the 1920s to today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781032771434
• ISBN-10: 1032771437
• Artikelnr.: 70358054

Autorenporträt

Lawrence R. Samuel is a Miami-based author and independent scholar. He holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Minnesota and is the author of many books including Diversity in the United States: A Cultural History of the Past Century (Routledge, 2023), Age Friendly: Ending Ageism in America (Routledge, 2022), and The American Middle Class: A Cultural History (Routledge, 2014).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Own Your Own Home
2. A Desirable Social Goal
3. A New Order
4. The World's Best Buy
5. The Threshold of the Good Life
6. America's Biggest Business
7. A Fading Fantasy
8. Opening Doors
9. The Ownership Society
10. A House Divided
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