Between Bohemia and Suburbia: Boburbia in the USA

ISBN-13: 9780367730468 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 156 str.

William J. Weston

Opis

This book identifies a distinctive kind of urban neighbourhood that is on the rise throughout the US, the bourgeois-bohemian suburb or the "boburb." It provides a clear, historical account of how these spaces arose, exploring the influence of transportation systems is shaping residential and commercial spaces.

Spis treści

Introduction: walking to the coffeehouse Part I: The Louisville Highlands: an exemplary boburb 1. Louisville: the big picture 2. Boburbia: the vibrant mixed-use community 3. How did the Highlands happen? From suburbia to bohemia to boburbia 4. Why do you live in the Highlands? Part II: Bohemia and suburbia in Louisville 5. The Highlands and “the Glens”: the suburban alternatives 6. Germantown and Clifton: Bohemia the old-fashioned way 7. NuLu and Portland: Bohemia on steroids Part III: Varieties of boburbs 8. Crescent Hill: the bourgeois boburb 9. Norton Commons: the boburb in the fields 10. Russell and Shawnee: imagining a multiracial boburb of the future 11. Boburbs elsewhere Part IV: Between bohemia and suburbia 12. A measured appreciation of the boburb

O autorze

William J. Weston is Van Winkle Professor of Sociology at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.