Being American on the Edge: Penurbia and the Metropolitan Mind
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Being American on the Edge: Penurbia and the Metropolitan Mind. / Goddard, Joseph.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. 271 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Being American on the Edge: Penurbia and the Metropolitan Mind
AU - Goddard, Joseph
PY - 2012/8/6
Y1 - 2012/8/6
N2 - This book focuses on the development of hybrid city-country (penurban) landscapes around large urban areas which mesh stylized countryside with functional links to the cities. These landscapes are central to American mindsets as they combine the dreams, expectations, and experiences of the nation in expressive cultural landscapes. An interpretive-analytical methodology is used in this single-authored, multidisciplinary work which draws on insights from history, American Studies, social sciences, urban studies, and environmental studies, and cultural studies in order to portray lifestyle and settlement phenomena overlooked by single disciplinary fields. Telling the story of how penurban landscapes emerged, the work blends original research with a re-reading of existing work to understand developing lifestyle and settlement patterns. The book aims at readers in history, urban studies, environmental studies, consumerism and American Studies.
AB - This book focuses on the development of hybrid city-country (penurban) landscapes around large urban areas which mesh stylized countryside with functional links to the cities. These landscapes are central to American mindsets as they combine the dreams, expectations, and experiences of the nation in expressive cultural landscapes. An interpretive-analytical methodology is used in this single-authored, multidisciplinary work which draws on insights from history, American Studies, social sciences, urban studies, and environmental studies, and cultural studies in order to portray lifestyle and settlement phenomena overlooked by single disciplinary fields. Telling the story of how penurban landscapes emerged, the work blends original research with a re-reading of existing work to understand developing lifestyle and settlement patterns. The book aims at readers in history, urban studies, environmental studies, consumerism and American Studies.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - suburbs
KW - suburban life
KW - Country life
KW - urban-rural migration
KW - rural-urban relations
KW - city and town life
KW - metropolitan areas
M3 - Book
SN - 9781137020796
BT - Being American on the Edge: Penurbia and the Metropolitan Mind
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
ER -
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