In Levittown's shadow: poverty in America's wealthiest postwar suburb
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The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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"Inverting the conventional history of American suburbanization, Tim Keogh turns the spotlight from wealth and freedom to poverty and inequality. Focusing on the archetypal Long Island communities of the postwar era, Keogh shows that a key driver of suburban development and the segregation it embodied was not housing but employment. Inequality and injustice were baked into suburban development, but housing discrimination was a secondary expression of this, not a primary cause. As a result, equity-minded suburbs that focused on housing policy rather than employment opportunities were doomed to fail. Keogh hopes to motivate more effective approaches to contemporary inequity by changing our understanding of how it took shape historically"--
Subjects
Subjects
Discrimination in housing
Discrimination in housing -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- History -- 20th century
Economic aspects
Economic assistance, Domestic
Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Economic conditions
Equality
Equality -- Economic aspects -- New York (State) -- Long Island
History
Long Island (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century
Poor
Poor -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Poverty
Poverty -- New York (State) -- Long Island
Social conditions
Suburbs
Suburbs -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Suburbs -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- History -- 20th century
Discrimination in housing -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- History -- 20th century
Economic aspects
Economic assistance, Domestic
Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Economic conditions
Equality
Equality -- Economic aspects -- New York (State) -- Long Island
History
Long Island (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century
Poor
Poor -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Poverty
Poverty -- New York (State) -- Long Island
Social conditions
Suburbs
Suburbs -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Suburbs -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- History -- 20th century
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9780226827759
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Discrimination in housing -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- History -- 20th century
Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Equality -- Economic aspects -- New York (State) -- Long Island
Long Island (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century
Poor -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Suburbs -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- History -- 20th century
Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Equality -- Economic aspects -- New York (State) -- Long Island
Long Island (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century
Poor -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Poverty -- New York (State) -- Long Island
Suburbs -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Suburbs -- New York (State) -- Long Island -- History -- 20th century
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In Levittown's shadow : poverty in America's wealthiest postwar suburb
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In Levittown's shadow
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Discrimination in housing
Economic aspects
Economic assistance, Domestic
Economic conditions
Equality
History
Poor
Poverty
Social conditions
Suburbs
Economic aspects
Economic assistance, Domestic
Economic conditions
Equality
History
Poor
Poverty
Social conditions
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