Want to learn more about what makes up American cities and how suburbs began? If you're curious as to why some people are critical of the suburbs while others embrace its lifestyle, check out the FREE lecture hosted by The Mercantile Library tonight featuring author Ben Ross.
A 19th century experiment in social engineering gave
birth to the American suburb, and it has dominated the nation's
development ever since. Ironically, suburbs, now the hallmark of
conformity, were created by dissidents of another era: abolitionists,
sexual pioneers, and seekers of spiritual enlightenment.
In Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism, Ben Ross traces
how the ideal of a safe, green, orderly retreat where hardworking members
of the middle class could raise their children away from the city mutated
into the cookie cutter cul-de-sacs and strip mall-filled suburbs of today.
Copies of Dead End will be available for
purchase and signing courtesy of
The Bookshelf.
The Bookshelf.
June 2,
2014
11th Floor Reading
Room
414 Walnut Street, Downtown Cincinnati
414 Walnut Street, Downtown Cincinnati
6:00 p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. Remarks
No charge, open
to the public
