suburbanization

Examples of suburbanization in the following topics:

• The Growth of Suburbs

  • The suburban population in North America exploded during the post-World War II economic expansion.
  • Suburban houses also brought about needs for products that were not needed in urban neighborhoods, such as lawnmowers and automobiles.
  • These suburban residences are built on larger lots of land than in the central city.
  • Instead, new governments spent taxes to establish suburban infrastructures.
  • Levittown refers to seven large suburban developments created in the United States by William Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons.

• The Culture of Abundance and Consumerism

  • With Detroit turning out automobiles as fast as possible, city dwellers gave up cramped apartments for a suburban life style centered around children and housewives, with the male breadwinner commuting to work.
  • Meanwhile, the suburban population swelled because of the baby boom.

• The Role of Women in the Household

  • Describe how 1950s suburbanization, new technologies, and the trend of consumerism led to changes in the role of women in the household.

• The Post-War Boom

  • Many city dwellers gave up cramped apartments for a suburban lifestyle centered around children and housewives, with the male breadwinner commuting to work.
  • Meanwhile, the suburban population swelled because of the baby boom, a dramatic increase in fertility in the period 1942–1957.
  • Suburbanization caused the gradual movement of working-class people and jobs out of the inner cities as shopping centers displaced the traditional downtown stores.

• Conclusion: Post-War America

  • Many city dwellers gave up cramped apartments for a suburban lifestyle centered around children and housewives, with the male breadwinner commuting to work.
  • Meanwhile, the suburban population swelled because of the baby boom, a dramatic increase in fertility in the period 1942–1957.
  • The image of prosperous white middle class family in their suburban home symbolized the popular narrative of economic stability and traditional family values.

• The Jazz Age

  • African-American Jazz was played more frequently on urban radio stations than on its suburban counterparts.

• Civil Rights

  • Suburbanization was already connected with white flight by this time, a situation perpetuated by real estate agents' continuing discrimination.

• The G.I. Bill of Rights

  • This encouraged millions of American families to move out of urban apartments and into suburban homes.