Remaking the American Dream av Vinit Mukhija

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<b>The redefinition of the single-family house, the urban landscape, and the American Dream.</b><br><br>Sitting 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 <i>Remaking the American Dream</i>, Vinit Mukhija considers how this is changing, in both the American psyche and the urban landscape.<br><br>In 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, <i>Remaking the American Dream</i> 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 inclu