Reading to do before Wednesday's class

Please read pages 49-69 in your textbook before Wednesday's class. I suggest you read the following before reading the textbook article.

A very brief history of Levittown.

A New York Times slideshow about Levittown.

A very brief history of suburbs.

Wikipedia listing for tract housing.

Wikipedia listing for Terraced Houses/Row Houses.

Wikipedia listing for Suburbia.

A brief history of tract housing.

Fascinating article about technologies which fostered the development of tract houses and suburbia.