Civilizing Suburbia

Civilizing Suburbia

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The 1990 census made it official: The United States has become a suburban nation. Nearly half of all Americans live in suburbs, only about one-third in cities. Yet some thinkers argue that terms such as bed-room community and suburb are no longer ad- equate to describe places that have been trans- formed from bucolic retreats into centers of commerce and industry. For all intents and purposes, many suburbs have become cities. Robert Fishman, a historian at Rutgers...

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