Publicado por Vintage Books, 1969
Librería: Eat My Words Books, Minneapolis, MN, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Good. Binding solid. Pages unmarked but tanned. Ex-owner name. Cover is discolored and shows some wear to edges. ; 0 pages.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 1982
ISBN 10: 0231055714 ISBN 13: 9780231055710
Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Nuevo desde EUR 27,46
Usado desde EUR 7,36
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Publicado por Vintage Books
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.
Publicado por Vintage
Librería: TotalitarianMedia, Los Angeles, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Soft cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. The Levittowners: Ways of Life and Politics in a New Suburban Community. Gans, Herbert J. Published by Vintage. 474p. Trade paperback, covers bumped/scuffed/creased, binding tight, text clean/unmarked5.00.
Publicado por Random House, Incorporated, 1969
ISBN 10: 0394704916 ISBN 13: 9780394704913
Librería: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Publicado por Vintage Books, 1969
Librería: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Unmarked trade paperback.
Publicado por Columbia University Press, 2017
ISBN 10: 0231178875 ISBN 13: 9780231178877
Librería: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
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Usado desde EUR 15,15
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Publicado por Pantheon Books
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Condición: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Hardcover edition. Newspaper article about Levittown laid in. (suburbanites, sociology, case studies).
Publicado por Pantheon, New York, 1967
Librería: Peninsula Books, Traverse City, MI, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good-. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 2nd Printing. An interesting study of this planned community in New Jersey--the developers bought nearly an entire township for their project. Contains an index, notes, refernces and an appendix in the rear. Original blue cloth covers with silver spine lettering. There is a small stamped "H" on lower corner of front end paper, and sixl pages are dogeared in chapter 12. The dust jacket has some general shelf wear, else it is in presentable condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 474 pages.
Publicado por Vintage, New York, New York, 1967
Librería: TribalBooks, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Color pictured wraps, xxix + 474 pp, biography, 3 page Vintage book list, tables, references, index. Age-darkened text block, card pocket rear, rubbed, lightly edgeworn, owner name ink title page. A university class reading still relevant today. shelf 41.
Publicado por Allen Lane, 1967
Librería: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Reino Unido
Condición: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen, pencil & highlighter markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:
Publicado por Pantheon Books, 1967
Librería: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Second Printing.
Publicado por Allen Lane, 1967
Librería: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Reino Unido
Condición: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library.
Publicado por Pantheon Books, 1967
Librería: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, Estados Unidos de America
Cloth. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 2d Ptg. Very large, heavy, sturdy book, quality green cloth, darker green illustration of crowd at bottom front, very bright gilt lettering and green design on spine, 474 pages. The letter "H" at bottom of first front end paper. DJ price-clipped, glossy white beneath mylar with illustration of crowd in white, blue and green on front. DJ has light blue line at spine top, tiny tear at top front edge near spine. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
Publicado por Allen Lane, 1967
Librería: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Reino Unido
Condición: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket.
Publicado por Pantheon Books [ A Division of Random House, Inc.], New York, 1967
Librería: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No dust jacket present. Third printing [stated]. xxix, [1], 474, [4] pages. Frontispiece. Tables. Notes. Appendix. References. Index. Some cover wear. Ink notations inside front board and fep. Stamp on fep and second fep. Herbert J. Gans (born May 7, 1927) is a German-born American sociologist who taught at Columbia University from 1971 to 2007. One of the most influential sociologists of his generation, Gans came to America in 1940 as a refugee from Nazi Germany and has sometimes described his scholarly work as an immigrant's attempt to understand America. He trained in sociology at the University of Chicago and in social planning at the University of Pennsylvania. Although Gans views his career as spanning six fields of research, he initially made his reputation as a critic of urban renewal in the early 1960s. His book, The Urban Villagers, described Boston's diverse West End neighborhood, where he mainly studied its Italian-American working class community. The book is well known for its critical analysis of the area's clearance as an alleged "slum" and the West Enders' displacement from their neighborhood. His book The Levittowners was based on years of participant-observation in New Jersey's Levitt-built suburb in Willingboro, observing how a set of new homeowners came together to establish the community's formal and informal organizations. Demonstrating the inaccuracy of the depiction of the postwar suburbs as homogeneous, conformist and anomic, Gans showed that Levittown was a typical lower middle class suburb, the residents' class and other differences structuring the social and political life of the community. In 1955, Levitt and Sons purchased most of Willingboro Township, New Jersey and built 11,000 homes. This, their third Levittown, became the site of one of urban sociology's most famous community studies, Herbert J. Gans's The Levittowners. The product of two years of living in Levittown, the work chronicles the invention of a new community and its major institutions, the beginnings of social and political life, and the former city residents' adaptation to suburban living. Gans uses his research to reject the charge that suburbs are sterile and pathological. First published in 1967, The Levittowners is a classic of participant-observer ethnography that also paints a sensitive portrait of working-class and lower-middle-class life in America. This new edition features a foreword by Harvey Molotch that reflects on Gans's challenges to conventional wisdom. Levittown is the name of several large suburban housing developments created in the United States by William J. Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons. Built after World War II for returning veterans and their new families, the communities offered attractive alternatives to cramped central city locations and apartments. The Veterans Administration and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) guaranteed builders that qualified veterans could buy housing for a fraction of rental costs. The first Levittown home sold for $7,900 and in a short period of time, 17,000 units were sold, providing homes for 84,000 people. In addition to normal family dwellings, Levittowns provided private meeting areas, swimming pools, public parks, and recreational facilities. Production was modeled on assembly lines in 27 steps with construction workers trained to perform one step. A house could be built in one day, with 36 men, when effectively scheduled. This enabled quick and economical production of similar or identical homes with rapid recovery of costs. Standard Levittown houses included a white picket fence, green lawns, and modern appliances. Sales in the original Levittown began in March 1947. 1,400 homes were purchased during the first three hours.
Librería: Oast Park Books, Southend -on- Sea, ESSEX, Reino Unido
1967. Allen Lane The Penguin Press. Hard Cover. Book - VG, DJ - Good, edgewear, spine darkened, covers marked. b/w frontis. 9.5.x6. 474pp. 7 tables.
Publicado por Vintage Books, 1967
Couverture souple. Condición: bon. RO60106539: 1967. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 474 pages. Dos des plats jaunis. Annotations en page de faux-titre (ex-libris). Pages légèrement jaunies. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.
Publicado por Vintage Books, New York, 1967
Librería: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Trade Paperback. Condición: Good. Copyright 1967. 474 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Moderate foxing on page edges. Pen markings throughout text. Creased spine.