Suburban Escape: The Art of California Sprawl

by Ann M. Wolfe

Book Overview

Suburbia has occupied a conflicted place in American life since the end of World War II, when the edges of cities across the nation began rapidly transforming into small metropolises of their own. California was at the heart of that boom, and in Suburban Escape Ann M. Wolfe offers a compelling look at the history and culture of California sprawl through art, from the 1950s to the present. Suburban Escape presents the work of more than fifty renowned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930066546
• ISBN13: 9781930066540
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Center for American Places
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.0" x 10.0"