Review of Kruse and Sugrue, Eds., The New Suburban History

David M. P. Freund sets the stage for this analytic approach in the opening article, which examines how postwar federal housing policy built racial assumptions into real estate transactions while contributing to the myth of the free market as the shaper of suburbs. Michael Jones-Correas contribution...

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Published inPacific Historical Review Vol. 76; no. 4; pp. 668 - 670
Main Author SELIGMAN, AMANDA I.
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berkeley University of California Press 01.11.2007
University of California Press Books Division
Subjects
Affordable housing
Cities
City planning
Essays
Globalization
Harris, Becky
Immigrants
Kruse, Kevin M
Localization
Suburbs
Success
Urban governance
Written composition
Oregon
Brazil
Americas
Western Hemisphere
Chicago Illinois
California
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Summary:David M. P. Freund sets the stage for this analytic approach in the opening article, which examines how postwar federal housing policy built racial assumptions into real estate transactions while contributing to the myth of the free market as the shaper of suburbs. Michael Jones-Correas contribution suggests techniques for researching the lives of post-1965 immigrants, who make up increasing portions of American suburbs, Pacific Historical Review670while Gerald Frugs piece enumerates the legal tools that municipalities use to control the composition of their populations. The book features an elaborate theoretical build-up that problematizes the urban convergence/divergence debate (pp. 1936), explores the complex intersections of the forces of globalization and localization, revisits theories of citizen participation in urban planning, and finally develops a framework for understanding governance that connects the composition of governing coalitions with their agendas, planning approaches, development strategies, and participation practices.
ISSN:0030-8684
1533-8584
DOI:10.1525/phr.2007.76.4.668