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Suburbs: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Carl Abbott is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Suburbs: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) about?
It sometimes seems as if suburbs are taking over the world. For the last two centuries, most urban growth has been on the edges. This book surveys not only the "Brady Bunch suburbs" of the United States but also improvised communities on the edges of Latin American cities and the high-rise suburbs of Eastern Europe and East Asia. Some suburbs have been carefully planned to the last detail by master architects while others are the result of thousands of individual decisions by households and buil
Who reads Suburbs: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Carl Abbott
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780197599242
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Social Science, Social Sciences, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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