Topic 3: Suburbanization

Suburbanization

Urbanism VS. Suburbanism

• • Read:
    • • Becky Nicolaides and Andrew Wiese, “Suburbanization in the United States after 1945” in Urban History. 

Suburbanization and how it has transformed a way of life in America.

• • Watch:

See the characteristics of suburban lifestyle in the post-war America.

• Read:
  • • • Shelley Nickles. 2002. “More is Better: Mass Consumption, Gender, and Class Identity in Postwar America.” American Quarterly. 54(4):Pp 581-622
• Watch:
  • • • The Disturbing History of the Suburbs | Adam Ruins Everything

While reading and watching them, think about these questions.

• • • • How has suburbanization shaped America’s shoppingscape?
      • Has it offered an equal opportunity for Americans to become homeowners regardless of race and ethnicity? In another word, has the American Dream really come true?