Mass migration to suburban areas was a defining feature of American life after 1945. Before World War II, just 13% of Americans lived in suburbs. By 2010, however, suburbia was home …

Following World War II, the majority of White Americans were members of the middle class, based on such criteria as education, income, and homeownership. Even most blue-collar …

Post-war suburbanization was the result of a complex web of political and economic circumstances that scholars have yet to adequately explore. One of the most important of …

Access to home mortgages, the construction of federal highways, and a postwar economic boom gave millions of Americans the ability to move away from cities, where a significant percentage …

Jun 19, 2024 · Why did people move to suburbs in the Cold War? Suburbs were attractive for economic reasons and because the housing stock and schools were new, automobilism made …

Mar 6, 2022 · In this episode, reporter Ray Dubicki and I discuss how these policies of “urban dispersal” helped make the U.S. the predominantly suburban nation it is today. Ray also …

Jun 10, 2021 · The book examines the suburbanization of the Greater Pittsburgh area during the Cold War, and how city officials worked with corporate executives to remake the city for a new …

From submarines to the suburbs—the remaking of Pittsburgh during the Cold War. During the early Cold War, research facilities became ubiquitous features of suburbs across the United …

Feb 1, 2020 · At the height of the Cold War, in both the US and the Soviet Union, top technical talent was ensconced in state-of-the-art laboratories set among new suburbs with cultural …

West Indian, South Asian, and other visible minorities took over spaces vacated by those who made their way to the suburbs. Growing diversity in urban cores contributed to still more …