The death and life of Main Street : small towns in American memory, space and community / Miles Orvell.

Author/creator Orvell, Miles
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxiii, 286 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects
Small cities--Social aspects. --United States.
City and town life--United States.
Community life--United States.
Community development--United States.

Contents Main Street mythologies -- Fighting extinction : the reinvention of Main Street -- Living on Main Street : Sinclair Lewis and the great cultural divide -- Main Street as memory -- Main Street : belonging and not belonging -- Utopian dreams : from Forest Hills to Greenbelt -- Rethinking suburbia : Levittown or the new urbanism? -- Main Street in the city -- Conclusion: Consuming Main Street.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012005086
ISBN9780807835685 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807835684 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HT123 .O78 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold