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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Salamon, Sonya (Author), MacTavish, Katherine, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Mobile home living > United States.
Mobile home parks > United States.
Rural poor > Housing > United States.
Housing, Rural > United States.
Vie en maison mobile > États-Unis.
Parcs de maisons mobiles > États-Unis.
Pauvres en milieu rural > Logement > États-Unis.
Logement rural > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Housing, Rural
Mobile home living
Mobile home parks
Rural conditions
Rural poor > Housing
United States > Rural conditions.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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