Decades of economic prosperity in the United States have redefined the American dream. Paul Knox explores how extreme versions of this dream have changed the American landscape. Increased wealth has led America's metropolitan areas to develop into vast sprawling regions of "metroburbia"ùfragmented mixtures of employment and residential settings, combining urban and suburban characteristics.
Decades of economic prosperity in the United States have redefined the American dream. Paul Knox explores how extreme versions of this dream have changed the American landscape. Increased wealth has led America's metropolitan areas to develop into vast sprawling regions of "metroburbia"ùfragmented mixtures of employment and residential settings, combining urban and suburban characteristics.
Paul L. Knox is a university distinguished professor and senior fellow for international advancement at Virginia Tech University. Between 1997 and 2006 he served as dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies. He is also a member of the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning and has written many books, including Urbanization: An Introduction to Urban Geography.
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Introduction Prelude : the serial enchantment of suburbia Metroburbia and the anatomy of the new metropolis Developers' utopias Comfortably numb : degenerate utopias and evangelistic consultants The politics of privatism Material culture and society in metroburbia Vulgaria : moral landscapes at the leading edges of the new metropolis
Introduction Prelude : the serial enchantment of suburbia Metroburbia and the anatomy of the new metropolis Developers' utopias Comfortably numb : degenerate utopias and evangelistic consultants The politics of privatism Material culture and society in metroburbia Vulgaria : moral landscapes at the leading edges of the new metropolis
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