Original scientific paper
Planning Lessons of the American Dream: Historical Limitations and Democratizing Potential
Nezar Al Sayyad
Abstract
Images of the American landscape, and of its prosperity, have been transmitted all over the world through various media. At the heart of these images is the "American Dream" of a happy, productive household living in a detached single-family dwelling unit. This mythical ideal of domesticity has been articulated and pursuied in the context of a political system and planning ideology that have evolved in unique ways.
Keywords
American landscape; American planning; American urbanism; household living; planning ideology
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24032
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Publication date:
30.12.1998.
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