Levittowners - Ways of Life and Politics in a New Suburban Community

Klappentext Levittown became the site of one of urban sociology¿s most famous community studies, Herbert J. Gans¿s The Levittowners . The product of two years of living in Levittown, the work chronicles the invention of a new community and its institutions, social and political life, and the former city residents¿ adaptation to suburban living. Zusammenfassung Levittown became the site of one of urban sociology’s most famous community studies, Herbert J. Gans’s The Levittowners. The product of two years of living in Levittown, the work chronicles the invention of a new community and its institutions, social and political life, and the former city residents’ adaptation to suburban living. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables Foreword, by Harvey Molotch Preface to the Morningside Edition Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Setting, Theory, and Method of the Study Part 1: The Origin of a Community 1. The Planners of Levittown 2. The Levittowners—and Why They Came 3. The Beginnings of Group Life 4. The Founding of Churches 5. The New School System 6. The Emergence of Party Politics 7. The Origin of a Community Part 2: The Quality of Suburban Life 8. Social Life: Suburban Homogeneity and Conformity 9. The Vitality of Community Culture 10. Family and Individual Adaptation 11. The Impact of the Community Part 3: The Democracy of Politics 12. Political Communication 13. The Decision-making Process 14. Politics and Planning 15. Levittown and America Appendix: The Methods of the Study References Index

Product details

• Authors: Herbert J. Gans, Gans Herbert J.
• Assisted by: Molotch Harvey (Foreword)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780231178877
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17887-7
• No. of pages: 528
• Series: Legacy Editions; Legacy Editions
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, United States of America, USA, Urban communities