Detached America : building houses in postwar suburbia /
James A. Jacobs.
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource.
- Midcentury : Architecture, landscape, urbanism, and design. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The housing industry reinvented -- The imagined consumer -- Livability in the minimum house -- Casual living -- The zoned house.
9780813937618
Home ownership--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century. Suburban homes--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century. Suburban life--History--United States--20th century. Construction industry--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.