Neither a city nor a traditional suburb, Orange County, California represents a striking example of a new kind of social formation. This multidisciplinary volume offers a cogent case study of the "postsuburban" phenomenon.
Postsuburban California The Transformation of Orange County since World War II
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Table of Contents
The Emergence of Postsuburbia: An Introduction, Rob Kling, Spencer Olin, and Mark Poster
The Multinucleated Metropolitan Region: A Comparative Analysis, M. Gottdienerand George Kephart
Designing the Model Community: The Irvine Company and Suburban Development, 1950-88, Martin Schiesl
The Information Labor Force, Rob Kling and Clark Turner
Changing Consumption Patterns, Alladi Venkatesh
Public Ceremony in a Private Culture: Orange County Celebrates the Fourth ofJuly, Debra Gold Hansen and Mary P. Ryan
Narcissism or Liberation? Child Raising inthe Affluent Middle-Class Family, Mark Poster
Intraclass Conflict and the Politics of aFragmented Region, 1945-88, Spencer Olin
Grass-Roots Protest and the Politics of Planning: Santa Ana, 1976-88, Lisbeth Haas
The Taxpayers' Revolt, William Gayk
Awards
- 1992 Robert G. Athearn Award, Western History Association