Crabgrass Frontier

Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States is a book written by historian Kenneth T. Jackson and published in 1985. Extensively researched and referenced, the book takes into account factors that promoted the suburbanization of the United States, such as the availability of cheap land, construction methods, and transportation, as well as federal subsidies for highways and suburban housing.

Crabgrass Frontier:
The Suburbanization of the United States
AuthorKenneth T. Jackson
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistory, Urban Planning
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date
1985
Media typePrint
ISBN0-19-503610-7 (Hard Cover) ISBN 0-19-504983-7 (Paperback)
307.7/4 0973
LC ClassHT384 .U5 J33 1985
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