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This 3 page paper looks at Barbara Kelly's Expanding the American Dream, which focuses on the building of Levittown. Why this town is viewed as more of a cultural phenomenon than a historic landmark is disused. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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more than that, which is perhaps what Kellys (2004) reason for writing the book is all about. The book consists of an Introduction, eight chapters and a postscript, along with
several appendices and photographs. The photographs lend an aura of authenticity and provide the reader with a glimpse of what life was like at the beginning. There is one chapter
entitled "Expanding the American Dream," something that is consistent with the title of the book. Indeed, the influence of this type of housing, which is to make a piece of
the pie accessible to the middle class, is a utopia of sorts. In part, this new housing had been tied to WWII, when it was thought that veterans would
feel welcome with new low cost housing proposals (Kelly, 2004). Of course, it was more than that. Veterans were not the only ones who were taking advantage of new federal
housing policy (Kelly, 2004). Some of these laws came about due to the New Deal. Additionally, Levitt was not only able to take advantage of new laws, and a need
for affordable housing, but also he was able to accomplish what others could not. Levitt had been involved in building previously and was able to construct homes inexpensively (Kelly, 2004).
Additionally, he would bypass union workers for those who came at a lower price (Kelly, 2004). The result was a seemingly way to allow middle income people the American dream.
In many ways, Levittown was symbolic of a change in the United States and how people live. Today, the cities are still crowded, but many had gotten out early on.
It was not until about the 1950s that people began to flock from the cities and move to rural areas. This became known as suburbanization and has been a fact
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