During the last few decades suburbia has grown enormously and become a phenomenon attracting the attention of scholars as well as practitioners by whom it is se

Much has been written about the housing policies of the Depression and the Postwar period. Much less has been written of the houses built as a result of these p

This book explores how notions of suburbia have developed in our collective imagination, examining novels, cinema, popular music and television in the US and UK

This collection of critical essays explores the literary and visual cultures of modern Irish suburbia, and the historical, social and aesthetic contexts in whic

A multidisciplinary team of specialists list historical and contemporary research on suburbanization with particular emphasis on the UK, North America, Australi