suburbs

Explores the evolution of the American suburbs from 1820 to 2000, discussing the cultural and economic patterns that have shaped suburban areas from the nineteenth century to the present.

"Pepper Street is a really nice, safe California neighborhood. The houses are tidy and the lawns are neatly mowed. Of course, the country club is close by, and lots of pleasant folks live there. The only problem is they knocked down the wall at the end of the street to make way for a road to a new housing development. Now, that's not good, it's just not good at all"--Publisher.

Gallagher introduces us to a cast of innovators who are redefining the American dream away from the traditional bucolic subdivision. She reveals why the decline of the suburbs isn?t a tragedy, but will ultimately lead to stronger, happier, and healthier communities for all of us.

Readers will find out the effects of urban sprawl on habitats all over the world.

Amish-zombie-teen-romance author Mia and her husband Mac purchase and renovate their first home in the Chicago suburbs, and they struggle with the work on the house, fights with the homeowners' association, rude neighbors, and adapting to their new environment.

Simple text and photographs describe what it is like to live in the suburbs.

In 1956, Ava Lark rents a house with her twelve-year-old son, Lewis, in a desirable Boston suburb. Ava is beautiful, divorced, Jewish, and a working mom. She finds her neighbors less than welcoming. Lewis yearns for his absent father, befriending the only other fatherless kids: Jimmy and Rose. One afternoon, Jimmy goes missing. The neighborhood{8212}in the throes of Cold War paranoia{8212}seizes the opportunity to further ostracize Ava and her son. Years later, when Lewis and Rose reunite to untangle the final pieces of the tragic puzzle, they must decide: Should you tell the truth even if it hurts those you love, or should some secrets remain buried?.

Thirteen-year-old Socko and his mother leave their cramped, unsafe inner city apartment and move to a house in a new suburban development where they plan to care for Socko's crotchety great-grandfather, but when they arrive they discover that the rest of the homes are unfinished, they are the only residents of Moon Ridge Estates, and that trouble has followed them.

Contains 547 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about people, places, and issues related to the history and development of urban America; and includes illustrations, a thematic entry locator, and a general index.