When America Became Suburban

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WHEN AMERICA BECAME SUBURBAN This page intentionally left blank BECAME SUBURBAN AMERICA WHEN ROBERT A. BEAUREGARD university of minnesota press minneapolis ß london Every effort was made to obtain permission to reproduce the illustrations in this book. If any proper acknowledgment has not been made, we encourage copyright holders to notify us. Copyright 2006 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced , stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beauregard, Robert A. When America became suburban / Robert A. Beauregard. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-4884-9 (hc : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8166-4884-0 (hc : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-4885-6 (pb : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8166-4885-9 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Suburbs—United States—History. 2. Urbanization—United States—History. I. Title. HT352.U6B43 2006 307.760973—dc22 2006013891 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Whatever may be the good or evil tendencies of populous cities, they are the result to which all countries, that are once fertile, free, and intelligent, inevitably lead. —George Tucker, Progress of the United States in Population and Wealth in Fifty Years (1855) This page intentionally left blank ...