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Crabgrass Frontier The Suburbanization of the United States

Kenneth T. Jackson

In America, in contrast to almost anywhere else in the world, the good life means traveling a long distance to get to work. How and why this came to be our cultural norm is the subject of this long-awaited book.

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The Ezra Klein Show

The book was recommended as a classic history of U.S. suburban development, covering housing, mortgage markets, and policy.

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So there's a book called Crabgrass Frontier The Suburbanization of the United States which is an absolute classic by a historian and tells sort of the longterm history of housing development, mortgage...

— Episode: Best Of: Why Housing Is So Expensive — P...

Episode: Best Of: Why Housing Is So Expensive — Particularl...

The book was recommended as a classic history of U.S. suburban development, covering housing, mortgage markets, and policy.

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So there's a book called Crabgrass Frontier The Suburbanization of the United States which is an absolute classic by a historian and tells sort of the longterm history of housing development, mortgage markets, housing policy, the real estate industry in the US.

Episode: Why Housing Is So Expensive — Particularly in Blue...

Jackson's classic work was recommended as a comprehensive history of U.S. suburbanization, housing development, and policy.

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So there is a book called Crabgrass Frontier, The Suburbanization of the United States, which is an absolute classic. It's by a historian and tells sort of the long-term history of housing development, mortgage markets, housing policy, the real estate industry in the U.S.

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