The dramatic shift from city centers to suburbs in the decades after World War II wasn’t just a matter of lengthening commutes and green lawns. As historian Michan Andrew Connor writes, it represented ...

Post-war economic growth and the expansion of suburban developments reached full swing during the 1960s, redefining the American dream for millions of young families. Planned communities featuring ...

Following World War II, population patterns in the United States shifted in two primary ways: a move away from older cities in the Midwest and toward newer urban centers in the South; and a mass ...

In the period following World War II, the United States experienced an unprecedented economic boom. Economic growth in the 1950s and 1960s was driven by the need for new residential housing and ...