Everything In Its Place : : Social Order and Land Use in America / / Constance Perin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Perin, Constance,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1977
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 408
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Chapter One. -All's Right with the World? Land Use in American Society --; Chapter Two. The Ladder of Life: From Renter to Owner --; Chapter Three. Domestic Tranquillity: The Sociology of Sprawl and Transition --; Chapter Four. Many Wagons, Many Stars: The Uses of Land, Zoning, and Houses --; Chapter Five. A Place for Everyone: Negotiating Social Space and Social Order --; Chapter Six. Principles of Social Order --; Appendices --; Tables --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400854233; 9783110426847; 9783110413595; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400854233
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Constance Perin.

Interviews with bankers, civic leaders, politicians, and architects provide the basis for this searching analysis of the ways in which the physical arrangement of land expresses American ideals, assumptions, and beliefs.Originally published in 1977.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.