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- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- List of Tables vii
- Foreword ix
- Preface to the Morningside Edition xix
- Preface xxxi
- Acknowledgments xxxv
- Introduction. The Setting, Theory, and Method of the Study xxxvii
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Part 1 - THE ORIGIN OF A COMMUNITY
- One. The Planners of Levittown 3
- Two. The Levittowners— and Why They Came 22
- Three. The Beginnings of Group Life 44
- Four. The Founding of Churches 68
- Five. The New School System 86
- Six. The Emergence of Party Politics 104
- Seven. The Origin of a Community 124
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PART 2— THE QUALITY OF SUBURBAN LIFE
- Eight. Social Life: Suburban Homogeneity and Conformity 153
- Nine. The Vitality of Community Culture 185
- Ten. Family and Individual Adaptation 220
- Eleven. The Impact of the Community 252
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PART 3— THE DEMOCRACY OF POLITICS
- Twelve. Political Communication 305
- Thirteen. The Decision- making Process 333
- Fourteen. Politics and Planning 368
- Fifteen. Levittown and America 408
- Appendix. The Methods of the Study 435
- References 452
- Index 463
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- List of Tables vii
- Foreword ix
- Preface to the Morningside Edition xix
- Preface xxxi
- Acknowledgments xxxv
- Introduction. The Setting, Theory, and Method of the Study xxxvii
-
Part 1 - THE ORIGIN OF A COMMUNITY
- One. The Planners of Levittown 3
- Two. The Levittowners— and Why They Came 22
- Three. The Beginnings of Group Life 44
- Four. The Founding of Churches 68
- Five. The New School System 86
- Six. The Emergence of Party Politics 104
- Seven. The Origin of a Community 124
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PART 2— THE QUALITY OF SUBURBAN LIFE
- Eight. Social Life: Suburban Homogeneity and Conformity 153
- Nine. The Vitality of Community Culture 185
- Ten. Family and Individual Adaptation 220
- Eleven. The Impact of the Community 252
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PART 3— THE DEMOCRACY OF POLITICS
- Twelve. Political Communication 305
- Thirteen. The Decision- making Process 333
- Fourteen. Politics and Planning 368
- Fifteen. Levittown and America 408
- Appendix. The Methods of the Study 435
- References 452
- Index 463