SOCC27H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Redlining, De Jure, Juvenile Delinquency
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Suburbs are related to an idea, concept, lifestyle. Population all looks the same (white and middle class: were set up to exclude minorities. Sitting in the living room watching tv was a significant leisure activity: this was not surprising, television viewing, mass ownership and consumption of tv only began in the mid- 1950s: in the 1930s there was radio programming music variety shows, mysteries, stories, thrillers, etc, tv was perfect vehicle for advertising tv watching was a social activity. Drive through diners: beginning of the fast food era point in time where mcdonalds begins as. Mcdonalds brothers: a&w was one of the first to get into notion of drive through they had car hops = they had waitresses who came up to your car, took order and then got it for you. Academics ignored suburbs and suburbanization until the post war boom suburbs were generally positively viewed.
