suburbs

Suburbs in the United States consist primarily of low-density, single-use residential subdivisions. These subdivisions also contain transportation networks that provide access to all of the homes. Throughout the past 70 years, these transportation networks have increasingly been…

This thesis sets out to examine and understand the evolution of masculinity in America by the mid-twentieth century. The research focuses on examining how this new form of masculinity can be seen mirrored in the most popular film genre of the day; the Western. This study gives f…

After decades of sprawl and suburban dominance, U.S. cities are experiencing rebounding populations, growing employment, and new public and private sector investments in infrastructure, real estate, and placemaking. Much of this revitalization can be found in places of active co…

The suburbs are ending… not ending in the final way one may think of like a bad movie, but ending as they are known today. It is documented that a gamut of people are choosing to live differently than people of the past. Instead of the traditional American Dream of a house, on s…

In the decades after World War II, American Jews experienced unprecedented levels of financial mobility. But instead of celebrating the ostensible blessing of prosperity, many American Jews, and Jewish leaders in particular, expressed a good deal of ambivalence over their new ec…

This dissertation turns attention to the role middle class households with children play in processes of gentrification. Scholars have drawn attention to a burgeoning group of middle class families remaining in the city instead of suburbanizing upon the arrival of children. Ofte…