Second Suburb: Levittown, Pennsylvania

Book Overview

Carved from eight square miles of Bucks County farmland northeast of Philadelphia, Levittown, Pennsylvania, is a symbol of postwar suburbia and the fulfillment of the American dream. Begun in 1952, after the completion of an identically named community on Long Island, the second Levittown soon eclipsed its New York counterpart in scale and ambition, yet it continues to live in the shadow of its better-known sister and has received limited scholarly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822962810
• ISBN13: 9780822962816
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.5"