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Levittown: The Imperfect Rise of the American Suburbs | US History Scene

Although 1950s suburbia conjures visions of traditional family life, the story of the suburbization of America is also one of exclusion, segregation &

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Hasnain says:

"Levittown itself arguably embodied the best and worst of the postwar American story; it was a result of the entrepreneurship and ingenuity that has come to define the American spirit, but it also participated in the violent prejudice that has also been part of American history."

Posted on 2014-07-13T05:21:18+0000