Title: Definition of suburbanization in Sociology, U.S. History.
Headings: suburbanization
suburbanization
Sociology
U.S. History
The process of suburbanizing, of population movement from cities to suburbs
Examples of suburbanization in the following topics:
Suburbanization
The Rural Rebound
Shrinking Cities and Counter-Urbanization
Instructional Scenarios
The Growth of Suburbs
The Process of Urbanization
Urban Decline
Urban Gentrification
The Middle Class
The Culture of Abundance and Consumerism

Content: fewer people were moving to suburbs and more were moving back to cities. These policies enabled black families to move out of urban centers and into the suburbs, thus decreasing the availability of suburban land, while integrationist policies encouraged white movement into traditionally black urban areas. During the two decades following World War II, low rents in the city's periphery encouraged suburban development; as capital investment moved to suburbs, inner-city property values fell. The Middle Class
An upscale home in suburban California, an example of the "conspicuous consumption" of the American middle class. The Culture of Abundance and Consumerism
With Detroit turning out automobiles as fast as possible, city dwellers gave up cramped apartments for a suburban life style centered around children and housewives, with the male breadwinner commuting to work. Meanwhile, the suburban population swelled because of the baby boom.