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The Levittowners
Ways of Life and Politics in a New Suburban Community
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2017
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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.
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Herbert J. Gans is professor of sociology emeritus at Columbia University. His many books include Imagining America in 2033 (2008), Deciding What's News (1979), and The Urban Villagers (1962).
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Tables
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Foreword
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Preface to the Morningside Edition
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction. The Setting, Theory, and Method of the Study
xxxvii - Part 1 - THE ORIGIN OF A COMMUNITY
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One. The Planners of Levittown
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Two. The Levittowners— and Why They Came
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Three. The Beginnings of Group Life
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Four. The Founding of Churches
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Five. The New School System
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Six. The Emergence of Party Politics
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Seven. The Origin of a Community
124 - PART 2— THE QUALITY OF SUBURBAN LIFE
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Eight. Social Life: Suburban Homogeneity and Conformity
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Nine. The Vitality of Community Culture
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Ten. Family and Individual Adaptation
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Eleven. The Impact of the Community
252 - PART 3— THE DEMOCRACY OF POLITICS
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Twelve. Political Communication
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Thirteen. The Decision- making Process
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Fourteen. Politics and Planning
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Fifteen. Levittown and America
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Appendix. The Methods of the Study
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References
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Index
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