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History 248 Reading Guide

Suburbanization, Segmentation, and Consumerism: The Evolution of Mass Culture in America

Margaret Marsh, “From Separation to Togetherness: The Social Construction of Domestic Space in American Suburbs, 1840-1915,” Journal of American History 76.2 (1989), 506-527. JSTOR
Kris Bulcroft and Richard Bulcroft, “The Social Construction of the North American Honeymoon, 1880-1995,” Journal of Family History 22.4 (1997), 462-490. (e-reserve)

Guidelines forthcoming.