The Death and Life of Main Street : Small Towns in American Memory, Space, and Community /

"For more than a century, the term 'Main Street' has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life. Representations exist all around us, from fiction and film to the architecture of shopping malls and Disneyland. All the while, the nation has become increasingly diverse, ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Orvell, Miles
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Cultuur.
Representatie (algemeen)
Collectief geheugen.
Mythevorming.
Dorpsleven.
Kleine steden.
Community life.
Community development.
City and town life.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Communaute > États-Unis.
Vie urbaine > États-Unis.
Petites villes > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Community development > United States.
Community life > United States.
City and town life > United States.
Small cities > Social aspects > United States.
Verenigde Staten.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Main street mythologies
  • The death and life of small American towns
  • 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.

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