Postsuburban California

The Transformation of Orange County since World War II

Rob Kling, Spencer C. Olin, Mark Poster (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

307 Seiten

1995
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-20160-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Neither a city nor a traditional suburb, Orange County, California represents a striking example of a new kind of social formation. This multidisciplinary volume offers a case study of the "postsuburban" phenomenon. Winner of the 1992 Western History Association Robert G. Athearn Award.

Autor

Rob Kling is Professor in the Program in Information and Computer Science, the Graduate School of Management, and the Public Policy Research Organization at the University of California, Irvine. Spencer Olin is Professor of History and Mark Poster is Professor of History, both at the University of California, Irvine.

Inhalt

The Emergence of Postsuburbia: An Introduction, Rob Kling, Spencer Olin, and Mark Poster The Multinucleated Metropolitan Region: A Comparative Analysis, M. Gottdienerand George Kephart Designing the Model Community: The Irvine Company and Suburban Development, 1950-88, Martin Schiesl The Information Labor Force, Rob Kling and Clark Turner Changing Consumption Patterns, Alladi Venkatesh Public Ceremony in a Private Culture: Orange County Celebrates the Fourth ofJuly, Debra Gold Hansen and Mary P. Ryan Narcissism or Liberation? Child Raising inthe Affluent Middle-Class Family, Mark Poster Intraclass Conflict and the Politics of aFragmented Region, 1945-88, Spencer Olin Grass-Roots Protest and the Politics of Planning: Santa Ana, 1976-88, Lisbeth Haas The Taxpayers' Revolt, William Gayk

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.5.1995
• Verlagsort: Berkerley
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 454 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-520-20160-4 / 0520201604
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-20160-6 / 9780520201606
• Zustand: Neuware