From Sun Cities to the Villages : A History of Active Adult, Age-restricted Communities /

"Youngtown, Arizona, opened in 1954 and was the first development community to have a minimum age requirement (then 65) and to ban underage children as permanent residents. The developer Del Webb unveiled Sun City six years later. Adjacent to Yountown, it offered modest homes abutting a golf co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Trolander, Judith Ann, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Retirement communities.
Cities and towns.
Villes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Villages-retraite > États-Unis > Histoire.
Cities and towns > United States > History.
Retirement communities > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Democratizing wintering in the South
  • Del Webb's "Sun City" concept
  • Ross Cortese's "leisure world" concept
  • Creating community: the developers' script
  • Proliferation and standardization
  • An active adult subculture: the residents' script
  • Assessment: problems, strengths, and twenty-first-century.

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