Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. CHAPTER ONE. Tarzan, Lord of the Suburbs 20
6. CHAPTER TWO. Sinclair Lewis and the Revolt from the Suburb 44
7. CHAPTER THREE. Mildred Pierce’s Interiors 76
8. CHAPTER FOUR. Native Son’s Trespasses 99
9. CHAPTER FIVE. Sanctimonious Suburbanites and the Postwar Novel 133
10. EPILOGUE: Same As It Ever Was (More or Less) 160
11. NOTES 173
12. INDEX 231