Visions of SuburbiaRoger Silverstone Suburbia. Tupperware, television, bungalows and respectable front lawns. Always instantly recognisable though never entirely familiar. The tight semi-detached estates of thirties Britain and the infenced and functional tract housing of middle America. The elegant villas of Victorian London and the clapboard and brick of fifties Sydney. Architecture and landscapes may vary from one suburban scene to another, but the suburb is the embodiment of the same desire; to create for middle class middle cultures, middle spaces in middle America, Britain and Australia. |
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1 COLONIAL SUBURBS IN SOUTH ASIA 17001850 AND THE SPACES OF MODERNITY | 26 |
HIDDEN HISTORIES OF THE BUNGALOW | 55 |
WOMENS EXPERIENCES OFSUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT | 86 |
PERSPECTIVES ON A VANISHING TWENTIETHCENTURY DREAM | 108 |
SUBURBIA SOCIALITY AND MASS CONSUMPTION | 132 |
THE PERILS OF DEMOCRACY IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY NEW YORK | 161 |
THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE POSTMODERN PUBLIC SPHERE | 180 |