[Yale-readings] Dolores Hayden at Yale Bookstore on February 3, 2005

[Nancy Kuhl]

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>Contact:       Richard G. Carlson
>Events Coordinator
>Yale Bookstore
>(203) 777-8440 (Ext. 165)
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>Dolores Hayden Discusses Suburban Growth
>At The Yale Bookstore on February 3rd
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>What:              Dolores Hayden discussing and signing copies of her 
>book Building Suburbia:  Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820–2000
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>When:             Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 6:00 p.m.
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>Where:            The Yale Bookstore, 77 Broadway, New Haven, CT
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>About The Book:  A lively history of the contested landscapes where the 
>majority of Americans now live, Building Suburbia chronicles two centuries 
>in the birth and development of America’s metropolitan regions.  From 
>rustic cottages reached by steamboat to big-box stores at the exit ramps 
>of eight-lane highways, Dolores Hayden defines seven eras of suburban 
>development since 1820.  An urban historian and architect, she portrays 
>housewives and politicians as well as designers and builders making the 
>decisions that have generated America’s diverse suburbs.  Residents have 
>sought home, nature, and community in suburbia.  Developers have cherished 
>different dreams, seeking profit from economies of scale and increased 
>suburban densities, while lobbying local and federal government to reduce 
>the risk of real estate speculation.  Encompassing environmental 
>controversies as well as the complexities of race, gender, and class, 
>Hayden’s fascinating account will forever alter how we think about the 
>communities we build and inhabit.
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>About The Author: Dolores Hayden, Professor of Architecture and American 
>Studies at Yale University, writes about American landscapes and the 
>politics of design.  In addition to Building Suburbia, her books include A 
>Field Guide to Sprawl, The Power of Place:: Urban Landscapes as Public 
>History, The Grand Domestic Revolution: A History of Feminist Designs for 
>American Homes, Neighborhoods, and Cities, Seven American Utopias: The 
>Architecture of Communitarian Socialism, 1790–1975, and Redesigning the 
>American Dream:  Gender, Housing, and Family Life.  She is also a poet 
>whose work has appeared in The Yale Review, Southwest Review, The Kenyon 
>Review, Verse Daily, Witness, and Michigan Quarterly Review.  Her 
>collection, American Yard, was published in 2004.
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>About the Yale Bookstore:
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>The Yale Bookstore, a Barnes and Noble College Bookstore is located at 77 
>Broadway at York Square, New Haven, CT, 06511, (203) 777-8440, 
>www.yalebookstore.com.  All events are free and open to the public.  The 
>bookstore offers a wide selection of bestsellers, titles by Yale and local 
>authors, Yale course books and emblematic merchandise, dorm supplies, 
>gifts, stationery and Clinique products.  The Yale Bookstore Cafe serves 
>Java U Coffee and snacks.
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