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This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "the good life" in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace. Integrating social history with economic and architectural analysis, and taking into account such factors as the availability of cheap land, inexpensive building methods, and rapid transportation, Kenneth Jackson chronicles the phenomenal growth of the American suburb from the middle of the 19th century to the present day. He treats communities in every section of the U.S. and compares American residential patterns with those of Japan and Europe. In conclusion, Jackson offers a controversial prediction: that the future of residential deconcentration will be very different from its past in both the U.S. and Europe.

Banlieue [Vie de la ] --- Banlieues -- Vie quotidienne --- Clubbisation --- Clubs résidentiels --- Leven in de voorsteden --- Suburban life --- Vie dans les banlieues --- Vie en banlieue --- Vie péri-urbaine --- Vie périurbaine --- Vie suburbaine --- Voorsteden [Leven in de ] --- Banlieues --- Vie de la banlieue --- #KVHA:Urbanisatie; Verenigde Staten --- Real estate development --- Suburban homes --- Development, Real estate --- Developments (Real estate) --- Land development --- Land subdivision --- Suburbs --- Housing --- Logement --- History --- Histoire --- United States --- Etats-Unis --- Social conditions --- Conditions sociales --- Urbanization --- Land use --- Metropolitan areas --- 711.581 --- 711.4 --- 728.03 --- Verenigde Staten --- #KVHA:American Studies --- Voorsteden --- Buitenwijken --- Stedenbouw --- Woningbouw (geschiedenis) --- Conurbations --- MAs (Metropolitan areas) --- Metropolitan statistical areas --- Urban areas --- Villas --- Dwellings --- Real estate business --- Land --- Land utilization --- Use of land --- Utilization of land --- Economics --- Land cover --- Landscape assessment --- NIMBY syndrome --- Outskirts of cities --- Suburban areas --- Suburbia --- Cities and towns --- City planning --- Growth --- History.