User:JustinChiu1/Tract housing/Bibliography

Bibliography.
5 Sources

A Consumers Republic by Lizabeth Cohen


 * Slightly an Autobiography at times, but with many history facts and influences


 * Talks about how and why suburbia exists
 * Quotes I may use:
 * "Long Island contained 62% white collar workers, and 38% Blue collar"

Visions of Suburbia by Roger Silverstone


 * Similar to A Consumers Republic, it feels liver and overview of what was going on during the time, during post World War II
 * More of a focus on racial inequalities, and simple appliances and tools that make the users life easier
 * Large significance within building community atmosphere, showing how successful suburban life was
 * Culture amongst neighbors is important

Crabgrass Frontier by Kenneth T. Jackson


 * Talks about how these companies went about building housing and how big companies arose
 * Mainly will be used for its mathematics on building housing and how the profits break down
 * Quotes I may use:
 * "Within a generation, home building was transformed from a specialized craft into an industry. As new transit developments made commuting easier, speculators bough large tracts of farmland adjacent to the city and carved them into lots" (127)
 * One of the most influential construction teams was the Levitt family, "... Who ultimately built more than 140,000 houses and turned a cottage industry into a major manufacturing proces... Levittown was simple. After bulldozing the land and removing trees, trucks carefully dropped off building materials at precise 60-foot intervals" (234)

Levittown by Marc Palmieri


 * Very specific and in depth about Levittown and the logistics behind it
 * At times felt like a complementary source to Crabgrass Frontier
 * No notable quotes, I like the ones I have over this

Housing and Social Change East-West perspectives by Ray Forrest and James Lee


 * Slightly off topic, but brings up important concepts
 * Talks about how the movement of people out of cities into suburban life enabled easier movement from east coast to west, vise versa
 * Talks about social changes and economics of the United States at the time
 * Feels like a source that connects many of the other sources I am using


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