What are the suburbs? The popular vision of monotonous streets
curving into culs-de-sac and emerald lawns unfurling from nearly
identical houses would have us believe that suburbia is a boring,
homogeneous, and alienating place. But this stereotypical portrayal
of the suburbs tells us very little about the lives of the people
who actually live there. Making Suburbia offers a diverse
collection of essays that examine how the history and landscape of
the American suburb is constructed through the everyday actions and
experiences of its inhabitants. From home decor and garage rock to
modernist shopping malls and holiday parades, contributors explore
how suburbanites actively created the spaces of suburbia. The
volume is divided into four parts, each of which addresses a
distinct aspect of the ways in which suburbia is lived in and made.
More than twenty essays range from Becky Nicolaides's chronicle of
cross-racial alliances in Pasadena, to Jodi Rios's investigation of
St. Louis residents' debates over public space and behavior, to
Andrew Friedman's story of Cold War double agents who used the
suburban milieu as a cover for their espionage. Presenting a wide
variety of voices, Making Suburbia reveals that suburbs are a
constantly evolving landscape for the articulation of American
society and are ultimately defined not by planners but by their
inhabitants. Contributors: Anna Vemer Andrzejewski, U of
Wisconsin-Madison; Heather Bailey, History Colorado State
Historical Fund; Gretchen Buggeln, Valparaiso U; Charity R. Carney,
Western Governors U; Martin Dines, Kingston U London; Andrew
Friedman, Haverford College; Beverly K. Grindstaff, San Jose State
U; Dianne Harris, U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ursula Lang, U
of Minnesota; Matthew Gordon Lasner, Hunter College; Willow
Lung-Amam, U of Maryland, College Park; Becky Nicolaides, U of
California, Los Angeles; Trecia Pottinger, Oberlin College; Tim
Retzloff, Michigan State U; Jodi Rios, U of California, Berkeley;
Christopher Sellers, Stony Brook U; David Smiley, Columbia U;
Stacie Taranto, Ramapo College of New Jersey; Steve Waksman, Smith
College; Holley Wlodarczyk, U of Minnesota.
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