In Levittown's Shadow: Poverty in America's Wealthiest Postwar Suburb

by Tim Keogh

Named one of the best nonfiction books of 2023 by Publishers Weekly

There is a familiar narrative about American suburbs: after 1945, white residents left cities for leafy, affluent subdivisions and the prosperity they seemed to embody. In Levittown's Shadow tells us there's more to this story, offering an eye-opening account of diverse, poor residents living and working in those same neighborhoods. Tim Keogh shows how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226827755
• ISBN13: 9780226827759
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"