Bourgeois Nightmares
Subtitle: Suburbia, 1870-1930
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: September 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780300124170
Subjects: Social History; Urban communities; First World War, 1914-1918; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; History; History - U.S.; Sociology; History: World; USA; Sociology - Urban; United States - 19th Century/Gilded Age; United States - 20th Century (1900-1945); History / Modern / 19th Century; Modern - 19th Century; Real covenants; Suburban life; Suburbs; United States
First sentence: Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., had nothing to do with the planning of Palos Verdes Estates-and in all likelihood he never even saw the Palos Verdes Peninsula.