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Singlewide : chasing the American dream in a rural trailer park /

In Singlewide, Sonya Salamon and Katherine MacTavish explore the role of the trailer park as a source of affordable housing. America's trailer parks, most in rural places, shelter an estimated 12 million people, and the authors show how these parks serve as a private solution to a pressing publ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Salamon, Sonya (Autor), MacTavish, Katherine, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : galvanized ghettoes
  • The mobile home industrial complex
  • Making ends meet, family finances
  • The Illinois park : closer to the middle class
  • The North Carolina parks : near ties that bind of kin and church
  • The New Mexico parks : a dream rooted in place
  • Youth and trailer park life
  • Reforming the mobile home industrial complex
  • Conclusion : family dreams and trailer park realities.