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Residential city suburbs: the emergence of a new suburban type, 1880-1930
| Author: |
Borchert, James |
| Date: |
1996 |
| Periodical: |
Journal of Urban History. Sage Publications, Inc. |
| Abstract: |
Focusing on these large suburbs during the period from 1880 to 1930, this article seeks to identify and define a particular suburban type, the "residential city suburb"; to trace the internal organization of a "typical" city suburb to demonstrate its complexity and diversity; and to suggest the significance of city suburbs for the metropolitan landscape and for suburban history. As the name implies, city suburbs combined, in varying degrees, elements of both city and suburb, making them a hybrid. Based on an analysis of 1930 census data for the ten largest metropolitan districts, twenty-two communities qualify as residential city suburbs. Most resided immediately adjacent to their core city; they emerged during the period from 1890 to 1930. Despite governmental forms ranging from village to borough and city, city suburbs' populations made them small- to medium-sized cities. Unlike in-city suburban areas, city suburbs maintained their political independence from core cities. In the process, they forged a common consciousness that set city suburbs off from their core cities and other suburbs. |
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