{"product_id":"the-life-of-north-american-suburbs-paperback-softback-9781487520779","title":"The Life of North American Suburbs (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487520779","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life of North American Suburbs\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\"\u003eJan Nijman (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487520779\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 February 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages, 32 figures\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.26 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\u003cp\u003e\"Drawing on major metropoles and smaller cities across the US and Canada, and the rather outlying case of Mexico City, the authors (primarily geographers) map varied suburban forms and beliefs from Vancouver to Miami, while looking closely at issues of race and political-economic struggles that focus on the dynamics of suburbs and central cities in the late-20th and early-21st centuries. Each essay's argument is comprehensive, compelling, and valuable for classroom us.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - G. W. McDonogh, Bryn Mawr College (\u003cem\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book chronicles and explains the role of suburbs in North American cities since the mid-twentieth century. Examining fifteen case studies from New York to Vancouver, Atlanta to Chicago, Montreal to Phoenix, \u003ci\u003eThe Life\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof North American Suburbs \u003c\/i\u003etraces the insightful connection between the evolution of suburbs and the cultural dynamics of modern society. Suburbs are uniquely significant spaces: their creation and evolution reflect the shifting demographics, race relations, modes of production, cultural fabric, and class structures of society at large. The case studies investigate the place of suburbs within their wider metropolitan constellations: the crucial role they play in the cultural, economic, political, and spatial organization of the city. Together, the chapters paint a compelling portrait of North American cities and their dynamic suburban landscapes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of Figures, Maps, and Tables \u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Elusive Suburbia \u003cbr\u003eJan Nijman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Questioning North American Suburbia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Using Toronto to Explore Three Suburban Stereotypes, and Vice Versa \u003cbr\u003eRichard Harris\u003cbr\u003e3. Mexico City: Elusive Suburbs, Ubiquitous Peripheries \u003cbr\u003eLiette Gilbert\u003cbr\u003e4. Searching for Suburbia in Metropolitan Miami \u003cbr\u003eJan Nijman and Tom Clery\u003cbr\u003e5. Spatial Transformations in the Suburbs of the North Carolina Piedmont Region \u003cbr\u003eFang Wei and Paul Knox\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Changing Political Economies of Suburbanization\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. The Strange Case of the Bay Area \u003cbr\u003eRichard Walker and Alex Schafran\u003cbr\u003e7. Vancouverism as Suburbanism \u003cbr\u003eElliot Siemiatycki, Jamie Peck, and Elvin Wyly\u003cbr\u003e8. Montreal: An Ordinary North American Metropolis? \u003cbr\u003eClaire Poitras and Pierre Hamel\u003cbr\u003e9. New York\u0026amp;#x2019;s Suburbs in a Globalized Metropolitan Region\u003cbr\u003eJames Defilippis and Christopher Niedt\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Race, Ethnicity, and the Remaking of Suburbia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Diverging Racial Geographies in Phoenix\u0026amp;#x2019;s Postwar and Post–Civil Rights Suburbs \u003cbr\u003eDeirdre Pfeiffer\u003cbr\u003e11. Suburbanization and the Making of Atlanta as the \"Black Mecca\"\u003cbr\u003eKatherine Hankins and Steve Holloway\u003cbr\u003e12. Edmonton, Mill Woods, Amiskwaciy Waskahikan\u003cbr\u003eRob Shields, Dianne Gillespie, and Kieran Moran\u003cbr\u003e13. Economic Development and the New Immigrant Segregationist Politics in Suburban Chicago \u003cbr\u003eDavid Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Contested Suburbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e14. Governance, Politics, and Suburbanization in Los Angeles \u003cbr\u003eRoger Keil and Derek Brunelle\u003cbr\u003e15. Reaching Suburbia: Towards a Socially Just Transit System for Ottawa \u003cbr\u003eCaroline Andrew and Angela Franovic\u003cbr\u003e16. Contested Spaces: Suburban Development in Halifax and Other Midsized Canadian Cities\u003cbr\u003eJill L. Grant\u003cbr\u003e17. Epilogue: Suburbs as Transitional Spaces \u003cbr\u003eJan Nijman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595493175576,"sku":"9781487520779","price":26.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-north-american-suburbs-paperback-softback-9781487520779","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}