Post-Suburbia: Government and Politics in the Edge Cities

by Jon C. Teaford

Book Overview

The years shortly after the end of World War II saw the beginnings of a new kind of community that blended the characteristics of suburbia with those of the central city. Over the decades these "edge cities" have become permanent features of the regional landscape. In Post-Suburbia, historian Jon Teaford charts the emergence of these areas and explains why and how they developed. Teaford begins by describing the adaptation of traditional units of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801854504
• ISBN13: 9780801854507
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher