The death and life of Main Street small towns in American memory, space and community / Miles Orvell.

Author/creator Orvell, Miles
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionxiii, 286 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects

Contents Main street mythologies -- Fighting extinction: the reinvention of Main Street -- Living on Main Street: Sinclair Lewis and the great cultural divide -- Main Street as memory -- Main Street: belonging and not belonging -- Utopian dreams: from Forest Hills to Greenbelt -- Rethinking suburbia: Levittown or the new urbanism? -- Main Street in the city -- Conclusion: consuming Main Street.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-268) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012005086
ISBN9780807835685 (cloth : alk. paper)