The Resources

[ technical resources | websites | suburban artifacts | representations]

Technical Resources:
David Silver's Web Resources page
Virginia Jenkins's Technical Resources page 2
Jason's Navigational Bar Demo Page

Metasites:
Joanna Lin's HONR259J Bibliography
Bibliography of Metasites in American Studies, World Wide Web

Websites:
Virtual Greenbelt, Greenbelt, Maryland
Levittown: Documents of an Ideal American Suburb, Levittown, New York
Revealing Things, Smithsonian Without Walls
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York City
The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory, Chicago, Illinois
Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932, Library of Congress
American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920, Library of Congress
Urban Renewal and the Changing Face of Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Suburban artifacts:
West of Laramie, a look at the history of the automobile in America.
Patio Culture, a random sampling of suburban trends from days past.
Telephone History Web Site, the history of the telephone in America.
8 Track Heaven, a page dedicated to 8 tracks and other obsolete audio technology.
Bug Tales, Stories and memories from Volkswagen Beetle owners.
The Lexington Collection, an oddly named site with lots of information about the backyard barbeque.

Representations of Suburbia:
1950s Literature and Culture
Minorities and the Media
Race and Ethnicity Resources on the American Studies Web
Women in Cinema: A Reference Guide
Media and Communication Studies Site
American Popular Culture: Critical Issues, Critical Approaches


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