Suburban Discipline

by Peter Lang

Historically, suburbia has been defined in relation to the city. Today, however, the city is no longer the undisputed arbiter for civilization; suburbia has infiltrated urban culture worldwide, shaping both its aspirations and its fears. Beneath an advertised serenity, poetry and violence, romance and pornography, organic gardens and toxic wastes are all nestled into the naturalistic settings of the suburb.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568981066
• ISBN13: 9781568981062
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary