Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction: A Philosophy of Urbanism 1
6. 1 A Primer in urbanism: Rear Window’s Archetypal Apartment Plot 47
7. 2 “We like our apartment” The Playboy Indoors 88
8. 3. The Great Reprieve: Modernity, Femininity, and the Apartment 139
9. 4. The Suburbs in the City: The Housewife and the Apartment 180
10. 5 Movin’ on up: The African American Apartment 220
11. Epilogue: A New Philosophy for a New Century 267
12. Notes 279
13. Bibliography 289
14. Index 303