{"product_id":"metroburbia-usa-paperback-softback-9780813543574","title":"Metroburbia, USA (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813543574","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMetroburbia, USA\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul L Knox (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813543574\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 June 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages, 18\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.397 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis book is a major contribution to the literature of urban geography, urban planning, and urban studies. It is one of the first to bring the field of U.S. urbanization into the twenty-first century. Knox's interpretations make excellent sense of the new metropolitan scene.\u003c\/div\u003e - Peter O. Muller (professor of geography, University of Miami) \u003cdiv\u003eThis scathing and thought-provoking critique of the latest additions to the built environment in the US is superbly done. Highly recommended.\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003eàlively, excoriating book...\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of the American Planning Association)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDecades 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.\u003cp\u003eUpper-middle-class Americans are moving into larger homes in greater numbers, which leads Knox to explore the relationship between built form and material culture in contemporary society. He covers changes in home design, real estate, the work of developers, and the changing wishes of consumers. Knox shows that contemporary suburban landscapes are a product of consumer demand, combined with the logic of real estate development, mediated by design and policy professionals and institutions of governance. Suburban landscapes not only echo the fortunes of successive generations of inhabitants, Knox argues, they also reflect the country's changing core values.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnox addresses key areas of concern and importance to today's urban planners and suburban residents including McMansions, traffic disasters, house design, homeowner's associations, exclusionary politics, and big box stores. Through the inclusion of examples and photos, Metroburbia, USA creates an accessible portrait of today's suburbs supported by data, anecdotes, and social theory. It is a broad interpretation of the American metropolitan form that looks carefully at the different influences that contribute to where and how we live today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Prelude : the serial enchantment of suburbia\u003cbr\u003e Metroburbia and the anatomy of the new metropolis\u003cbr\u003e Developers' utopias\u003cbr\u003e Comfortably numb : degenerate utopias and evangelistic consultants\u003cbr\u003e The politics of privatism\u003cbr\u003e Material culture and society in metroburbia\u003cbr\u003e Vulgaria : moral landscapes at the leading edges of the new metropolis\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559290728728,"sku":"9780813543574","price":23.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/metroburbia-usa-paperback-softback-9780813543574","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}