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  Middletown IV

Suburban Growth

Housing starts soar: by 1960, 61% of Americans own their homes. Americans flocked to the new houses in the suburbs. From 12% of Americans in 1910 to 52% in 1998. 

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Program Segment 9

Interviews:
Jackson
O'Neill
Wilson
Chafe

Book References:
Urban, Rural, Suburban

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