{"product_id":"remaking-the-american-dream-isbn-9780262544764","title":"Remaking the American Dream","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe redefinition of the single-family house, the urban landscape, and the American Dream.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSitting squarely at the center of the American Dream, the detached single-family home has long been the basic building block of most US cities. In \u003ci\u003eRemaking the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, Vinit Mukhija considers how this is changing, in both the American psyche and the urban landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn defiance of long-held norms and standards, single-family housing is slowly but significantly transforming through incremental additions of second and third units. Drawing on empirical evidence of informal and formal changes, \u003ci\u003eRemaking the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e documents homeowners’ quiet unpermitted modifications, conversions, and workarounds, as well as gradual institutional alterations to once-rigid local land-use regulations. Mukhija’s primary case study is Los Angeles and the role played by the State of California—findings he contrasts with the experience of other cities including Santa Cruz, Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, and Vancouver. In each instance, he shows how, and asks why, homeowners are adapting their homes and governments are changing the rules that regulate single-family housing to allow for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) or second units.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKey to Mukhija’s research is the question of why the idea of single-family living is changing and what this means for the future of US cities. The answer, this book suggests, heralds nothing less than a redefinition of American urbanism—and the American Dream.Acknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003eI Single-Family Housing Cities\u003cbr\u003e1 The Changing Norms and Regulations of Single-Family Housing 3\u003cbr\u003e2 The Ideology of Single-Family Living 37\u003cbr\u003eII Informal Second Units in Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e3 City of Dreams: Single-Family Housing and Second Units in Los Angeles 61\u003cbr\u003e4 The Everyday Prevalence of Informal Second Units 93\u003cbr\u003eIII Formal Second Units and Institutional Changes in Single-Family Housing\u003cbr\u003e5 Enforcement and Formalization of Unpermitted Second Units in Los Angeles 141\u003cbr\u003e6 The Formalization of Second Units: The Role of Local Governments 179\u003cbr\u003eIV The New American Dream \u003cbr\u003e7 Remaking the Suburban City 235\u003cbr\u003eNotes 257\u003cbr\u003eReferences 277\u003cbr\u003eIndex 333“Gender and racial discrimination have marked the American real estate industry’s promotion of single-family houses since the 1920s. Mukhija’s significant book on added dwelling units—legal or not—reveals ways they affect homeowners, neighbors, and metropolitan development overall.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Dolores Hayden, Professor Emerita, Yale University; author of \u003ci\u003eRedesigning the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Mukhija’s timely book provides brilliant insights for cities looking for evidence on how to provide density to exclusionary single-family communities.”\u003cbr\u003e­\u003cb\u003e—Karen Chapple, Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A compelling investigation of the sociospatial and political processes that are transforming Los Angeles into a laboratory for retrofitting the American Dream with more inclusive and sustainable urbanizations of adaptation.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman, University of California, San Diego\u003c\/b\u003eVinit Mukhija is a professor and former chair of Urban Planning in the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Informal American City: Beyond Taco Trucks and Day Labor\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJust Urban Design: The Struggle for the Public City\u003c\/i\u003e, both from the MIT Press.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302407917797,"sku":"NP9780262544764","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262544764.jpg?v=1767735618","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/remaking-the-american-dream-isbn-9780262544764","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}