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America at the mall : the cultural role of a retail utopia / Lisa Scharoun.

By: Scharoun, Lisa, 1979-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: vii, 263 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780786462728 (softcover : alk. paper); 0786462728 (softcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Shopping malls -- United States -- History | Shopping centers -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 381/.110973
Contents:
The birth of the mall -- Suburbia and the american dream -- The decline of downtown -- The mall and religion -- Main street -- Teens and the mall -- Senior citizens and the mall -- The mall as "public" space -- The mall and the environment -- Dawn of the dead mall -- The rise of the big boxes -- Regional mall case studies -- Case studies: super-regional malls, lifestyle centers -- And hybrids -- New urbanism and the death of the urban mall -- The future of public space in America.
Summary: Explores the spiritual, emotional and physical effects of the enclosed shopping mall on the public, chronicling the growth of the mall as a popular development model, its role in shaping urban and suburban life in the United States, its positive and negative aspects on society and the environment and its future viability given economic conditions--Provided by publisher.
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 381.11 Sch178 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284001019728

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The birth of the mall -- Suburbia and the american dream -- The decline of downtown -- The mall and religion -- Main street -- Teens and the mall -- Senior citizens and the mall -- The mall as "public" space -- The mall and the environment -- Dawn of the dead mall -- The rise of the big boxes -- Regional mall case studies -- Case studies: super-regional malls, lifestyle centers -- And hybrids -- New urbanism and the death of the urban mall -- The future of public space in America.

Explores the spiritual, emotional and physical effects of the enclosed shopping mall on the public, chronicling the growth of the mall as a popular development model, its role in shaping urban and suburban life in the United States, its positive and negative aspects on society and the environment and its future viability given economic conditions--Provided by publisher.

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