Neighborhood of Fear - The Suburban Crisis in American Culture, 19752001

A novel look at how Americans imagined, traversed, and regulated suburban space in the last quarter of the twentieth century, Neighborhood of Fear shows how the preferences of the suburban middle class became central to the cultural values of the nation and fueled the continued growth of suburban political power.

About the author

Kyle Riismandel is Associate Teaching Professor of History and the Director of the Graduate Program in American Studies at Rutgers-Newark University.

Product details

• Authors: Kyle Riismandel
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781421439549
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-3954-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Social discrimination & equal treatment, History of the Americas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination