From Frontier to Suburb: Developments in TwentiethCentury American Culture

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From Frontier to Suburb Developments in
Twentieth-Century American Culture
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Frederick Jackson Turner (1861-1932) Born in
Portage, Wisconsin The Significance of the
Frontier in American History (1893)
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Emmanuel Leutze, Westward the Course of Empire
Takes its Way (1861)
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The Homestead ActSod House Homestead near
Milton, ND, 1895
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Jacob Riis (1849-1914) Born in Copenhagen,
Denmark Immigrated to New York, 1870 How the
Other Half Lives (1890)
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Photos by Jacob Riis
The Mulberry Bend
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Photos by Jacob Riis
An Old Rear Tenement in Roosevelt Street
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The Growth of Suburbs

• Drawing, Suburban Home, 1880s

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The Growth of Suburbs

• Early 20th Century Suburbs
• Radburn, New Jersey The Suburb as Retreat

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The Growth of Suburbs

• The Postwar Boom
• Levittown, Long Island, New York, 1950s

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Suburbs The Countercultural Response

• Pete Seeger, Little Boxes, 1960s