The changing nature and definition of suburbia, past and present,
and the processes that have influenced its development both
physically and as an intellectual construct are examined from
various perspectives by the authors of the 26 essays that compose
this work. The revolutions in transportation and communication and
their effects upon home and workplace, city and suburb, are among
the issues explored in provocative essays by experts in the field
who consider a broad spectrum of topics relative to the suburban
experience. Noted urban historian Sam Bass Warner, Jr., provides a
fascinating overview of the subject, urging urban scholars to focus
on current conditions rather than on solving old problems. The
changing nature and definition of suburbia, past and present, and
the processes which have influenced its development both physically
and as an intellectual construct are examined, from various
perspectives, by the writers of the 26 essays that compose Suburbia
Re-examined. These chapters were drawn from papers presented in
June 1987 at a conference on suburbia sponsored by the Long Island
Studies Institute at Hofstra University. Escalated prices for
single family homes have in effect closed the gates to suburbia for
many of the young and the elderly. Diverse quality-of-life
environmental problems, including water supply, have become matters
of real concern to experts and suburban dwellers alike.
Interestingly, as industry, commerce, and corporate headquarters
continue to proliferate in what were once bedroom communities
serving nearby cities, even the usefulness of the term suburbia for
these varied communities has come into question. The revolutions in
transportation and communication and their effects upon home and
workplace, city and suburb, are among the issues explored in
provocative essays by experts in the field who consider a broad
spectrum of topics relative to the suburban experience including
regional patterns of development, real estate and banking, public
policy, transportation, the role of the federal government, the
home, the family, the future, and more. Sam Bass Warner, Jr.'s
introduction, When Suburbs Are the City, furnishes an overview of
perspectives relative to the study of suburbia as city and he urges
urban professionals to focus on current conditions rather than on
solving old problems. In tracing the roots of urban research
analysis to economics, art, and literary criticism, this noted
urban historian finds these approaches to urban study limited and
limiting. Warner proposes that students of suburbia use the house,
and all the people and activities associated with it, as the basis
for explorations and explanations of current social phenomena, and
that the primary concern, the core of urban studies, should
explicitly be concerned for family well-being in this setting.
Urban historians, sociologists, planners, real estate and banking
professionals, economists, architects, public policy
administrators, informed generalists, and anyone with an interest
in the continuing evolution of suburbia will find that Suburbia
Re-examined provides the background necessary to an understanding
of this challenging and ubiquitous subject.
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