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From Sun Cities to the Villages - (Sunbelt Studies) by Judith Ann Trolander (Paperback)

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  • Youngtown, Arizona, opened in 1954 and was the first development community to have a minimum age requirement (then 65) and to ban underage children as permanent residents.
  • About the Author: Judith Ann Trolander, professor of history at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, is the author of Settlement Houses and the Great Depression and Professionalism and Social Change.
  • 368 Pages
  • History, United States
  • Series Name: Sunbelt Studies

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Youngtown, Arizona, opened in 1954 and was the first development community to have a minimum age requirement (then 65) and to ban underage children as permanent residents. Developer Del Webb unveiled Sun City six years later. Adjacent to Youngtown, it offered modest homes abutting a golf course. In the ensuing decades, active adult communities have proliferated, including Harold Schwartz's "The Villages" in central Florida, today the nation's single largest retirement community.

For nearly sixty years, the success of these and similar communities have changed the image of retirees from frail, impoverished old people to energetic, well-off adults enjoying a resort-like lifestyle. While some experts predicted these communities would fail or undermine the obligations between generations, they are now firmly embedded as one possible extension of the American dream.

Judith Ann Trolander has written the first book-length history of the "active adult" lifestyle. Examining the origins, development, failures, and challenges facing these communities as the baby boomer population continues to age, she offers a truly original defense of a sometimes controversial aspect of American life.



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"A highly significant work that deserves the attention of urbanists, planners, sociologists of aging, and historians of post-1945 America."--Jon C. Teaford, author of The American Suburb



"In a carefully researched text, Trolander lays out the historical development from Youngstown, Arizona, in 1954 to The Villages at present. . . . An important contribution to studies in housing, aging, and social trends."--Choice




About the Author



Judith Ann Trolander, professor of history at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, is the author of Settlement Houses and the Great Depression and Professionalism and Social Change.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .77 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.09 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Sunbelt Studies
Sub-Genre: United States
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 368
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Theme: State & Local
Format: Paperback
Author: Judith Ann Trolander
Language: English
Street Date: December 15, 2012
TCIN: 1002477962
UPC: 9780813044484
Item Number (DPCI): 247-48-4681
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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