The Death and Life of Main Street: Small Towns in American Memory, Space, and Community

by Miles Orvell

Book Overview

For more than a century, the term "Main Street" has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life. Representations exist all around us, from fiction and film to the architecture of shopping malls and Disneyland. All the while, the nation has become increasingly diverse, exposing tensions within this ideal. In The Death and Life of Main Street , Miles Orvell wrestles with the mythic allure of the small town in all its forms, illustrating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807835684
• ISBN13: 9780807835685
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"