{"product_id":"behind-the-gates-setha-low-9780415950411","title":"Behind the Gates: Life, Security, and the Pursuit of Happiness in Fortress America","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the last twenty years, thousands upon thousands of the upper and middle classes have retreated into gated communities. In 2002 it is estimated that one in eight Americans will live in these exclusive neighborhoods. What has sparked this alarming trend?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBehind the Gates\u003c\/em\u003e is Low's revealing account of what life is like inside these suburban fortresses. After years researching and interviewing families in Long Island, New York and San Antonio, Texas, Low provides an inside view of gated communities to help explain why people flee to these enclaves. Parents with children, young married couples, \"empty-nesters,\" and retirees express their need for safety, their secret fears of a more ethnically diverse America, and their desire to recapture the close-knit, picket-fenced communities of their childhood. Ironically, she shows, gated neighborhoods are in fact no safer than other suburbs, and many who move there are disheartened by the insularity and restrictive rules of the community.\u003cbr\u003eLow probes the hopes, dreams, and fears of her subjects to portray the subtle change in American middle-class values marked by the emergence of enclosed communities in the suburbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Setha Low\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415950414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415950411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.02w x 0.61d","brand":"Setha Low","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48871500710143,"sku":"9780415950411","price":70.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/behind-the-gates-setha-low-9780415950411","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}