num_pages: 332
description: The Bulldozer in the Countryside is the first scholarly history of efforts to reduce the environmental costs of suburban development in the United States. The book offers a new account of two of the most important historical events in the period since World War II--the mass migration to the suburbs and the rise of the environmental movement. This work offers a valuable historical perspective for scholars, professionals, and citizens interested in the issue of suburban sprawl.
language: English
title: The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism
titlecomplete: The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism (Studies in Environment and History)
genres: American, History, Nature, American History, Cities, Urban Planning, Grad School, College, Nonfiction, Environment
ratings_count: 230
series: Studies in Environment and History
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Frederick Jackson Turner Award
publisher: Cambridge University Press