{"product_id":"unplanned-suburbs-torontos-american-tragedy-1900-to-1950-creating-the-north-american-landscape","title":"Unplanned Suburbs: Toronto's American Tragedy, 1900 to 1950 (Creating the North American Landscape)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unplanned Suburbs: Toronto's American Tragedy, 1900 to 1950 (Creating the North American Landscape) (Hardcover, 376 pages) – The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\"This is an outstanding book... What Richard Harris has done is to add a completely new dimension to North American urban history... This is a great step forward for Canadian urban history, and indeed for American history as a whole.\" -- Anthony R. Sutcliffe, Cities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book is remarkable for its breadth, depth, and accuracy... Unplanned Suburbs stands out... impressively as an excellent historical research primer.\" -- APA Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Harris tells a nearly forgotten story... If he is right about Toronto's suburban history being typical of North America, an entire chapter of it--the owner-built blue-collar suburb--has simply dropped out of memory.\" -- Planning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book demonstrates great commitment to the subject, impressive research skills, and engaging reporting... Get it and read it.\" -- Canadian Journal of Urban Research\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Harris's study... is based on first-rate scholarship and should make an impact among urban historians and geographers.\" -- Journal of Urban Design\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This very readable volume makes a significant contribution... that will be of interest to those in the fields of urban planning, housing, urban sociology, and urban history.\" -- Urban Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A superb study of working-class suburbanization...\" -- Journal of Social History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is widely believed that only the growth of mass suburbs after World War II brought suburban living within reach of blue-collar workers, immigrants, and racial minorities. But in this original and intensive study of Toronto, Richard Harris shows that even prewar suburbs were socially and ethnically diverse, with a significant number of lower-income North American families making their homes on the urban fringe. In the United States and Canada, lack of planning set the stage for a uniquely North American tragedy. Unplanned Suburbs serves as a reminder of the dangers of unchecked suburban growth.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"Professor Richard Harris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46068855210218,"sku":"9780801851421","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/81qTZ5PR3aL._SX679.jpg?v=1781186797","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/unplanned-suburbs-torontos-american-tragedy-1900-to-1950-creating-the-north-american-landscape","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}