Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000For almost two centuries Americans have been moving to the suburbs in search of affordable family housing, unspoiled nature, and small town sociabilityonly to find that their leafy new neighborhoods are part of the growing metropolitan sprawl. It is to this contested cultural landscape, where most Americans now live, that Dolores Hayden draws our attention. From nineteenth century utopian communities and elite picturesque enclaves to early twentieth

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as in her many short stories

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above politics

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how other writers write

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affording his creator the perfect vehicle to indulge his brilliantly absurdist storytelling instincts

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by society’s failure to provide a model for learning to love

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