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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1977
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 408
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Physical Description:1 online resource (310 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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