Second suburb :  Levittown, Pennsylvania / 
 Levittown, Pennsylvania 
edited by Dianne Harris. 
 - Pittsburgh, Pa. :  University of Pittsburgh Press,  (c)2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xiv, 429 pages) :  illustrations, maps. 
 - Culture, politics, and the built environment .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : A second suburb /  part 1. Looking at Levittown from the inside --  Revealing the history of Levittown, one voice at a time /  Reflections on Levittown /  Levittown, my Levittown /  Levittown in photographs /  part 2. Looking at Levittown from the outside --  The Levitts, mass-produced houses, and community planning in the mid-twentieth century /  Jim Crow's last stand : the struggle to integrate Levittown /  "The house I live in" : architecture, modernism, and identity in Levittown /  Pink kitchens for little boxes : the evolution of 1950s kitchen design in Levittown /  Suburban nature, class, and environmentalism in Levittown /  More than ticky tacky : Venturi, Scott Brown, and learning from the Levittown studio /  "No gas, my ass!" Marking the end of the postwar period in Levittown /  Epilogue : The suburbs of desire /  Dianne Harris --  Chad M. Kimmel --  Daisy D. Myers --  Bill Griffith --  compiled by Dianne Harris --  Richard Longstreth --  Thomas J. Sugrue --  Dianne Harris --  Curtis Miner --  Cristopher Sellers --  Jessica Lautin --  Chad M. Kimmel --  Peter Fritzsche. 
<br/><br/> Carved from eight square miles of Bucks County farmland northeast of Philadelphia, Levittown, Pennsylvania, is a symbol of postwar suburbia and the fulfillment of the American dream. Begun in 1952, after the completion of an identically named community on Long Island, the second Levittown soon eclipsed its New York counterpart in scale and ambition, yet it continues to live in the shadow of its better-known sister and has received limited scholarly attention. Second Suburb uncovers the unique story of Levittown, Pennsylvania, and its significance to American social, architectural, environmenta. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780822977827 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010002368 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>City and town life--Pennsylvania--Levittown.<br/>Suburban homes--Pennsylvania--Levittown.<br/>Architecture and society--Pennsylvania--Levittown.<br/>City planning--Pennsylvania--Levittown.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F159  / .S436 2010