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The Levittowners

Ways of Life and Politics in a New Suburban Community

The Levittowners( )
Author: Gans, Herbert J.
Foreword by: Molotch, Harvey
Series title:Legacy Editions Ser.
ISBN:978-0-231-17887-7
Publication Date:Mar 2017
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $37.00
Book Description:

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.

Book Details
Pages:528
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):0.655 x 0.87 x 0.125 Inches
Book Weight:1.465 Pounds
Author Biography
Gans, Herbert J. (Author)
Herbert Gans is a German-born American sociologist who was educated at the University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania. Active in urban planning and housing at the beginning of his career, he taught planning and sociology at Columbia Teachers College and subsequently at Columbia University. He is best known for his work on American communities, including The Urban Villagers (1962), a study of Boston's West End and The Levittowners (1967). He has focused much of his research on the American middle class.

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