John Fraser Hart is a professor of geography at the University of Minnesota. He is author and editor of ten books, most recently The Rural Landscape, also available from Johns Hopkins. Michelle J. Rhodes is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of geography at Simon Fraser University and an instructor of political science and geography at the University of Montana-Western. John T. Morgan is a professor of geography at Emory and Henry College.

An insightful meditation on American notions of mobility and class. Doubletake This clear, to-the-point study directs attention to the proliferation of this type of housing and the social stigma attached to it and its occupants... This is a thought-provoking, readable examination of modern US life, far broader in scope than one might first imagine. Choice 2003 Provides the reader with a complex, nuanced, and sympathetic look at the world of the mobile home dweller. There are no trailer trash in this book, just decent, hard-working middle- and working-class men and women looking for affordable housing options. -- Jan Davidson Enterprise and Society

• AcknowledgmentsPart I: BackgroundPrologueChapter 1. Trailers Chapter 2. Trailer ParksChapter 3. The War YearsChapter 4. Mobile HomesChapter 5. The HUD CodeChapter 6. New ModelsChapter 7. Sitting Mobile HomesPart II: Single-SitedsChapter 8. Where Are They?Chapter 9. The Lexington Hexagon Chapter 10. Northern New MexicoChapter 11. Mercer County, North DakotaChapter 12. Upstate New YorkChapter 13. Adams County, WisconsinChapter 14. SpersopolisChapter 15. The Coal FieldPart III: Side by SideChapter 16. The Mountain West Chapter 17. Filling in the FlatheadChapter 18. A Snapshot of EvergreenChapter 19. Boom and Bust in Western MontanaChapter 20. The Changing "Small"-Town WestPart IV: ParksChapter 21. Mobile Home Parks, Utilitarian to UpscaleChapter 22. The Twin Cities Metropolitan AreaChapter 23. Southwestern KansasChapter 24. Long NeckChapter 25. FloridaChapter 26. Southern CaliforniaPart V: Conclusion & EpilogueConclusion EpilogueBibliographyIndex

John Fraser Hart is a professor of geography at the University of Minnesota. He is author and editor of ten books, most recently The Rural Landscape, also available from Johns Hopkins. Michelle J. Rhodes is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of geography at Simon Fraser University and an instructor of political science and geography at the University of Montana-Western. John T. Morgan is a professor of geography at Emory and Henry College.

An insightful meditation on American notions of mobility and class. Doubletake This clear, to-the-point study directs attention to the proliferation of this type of housing and the social stigma attached to it and its occupants... This is a thought-provoking, readable examination of modern US life, far broader in scope than one might first imagine. Choice 2003 Provides the reader with a complex, nuanced, and sympathetic look at the world of the mobile home dweller. There are no trailer trash in this book, just decent, hard-working middle- and working-class men and women looking for affordable housing options. -- Jan Davidson Enterprise and Society

• AcknowledgmentsPart I: BackgroundPrologueChapter 1. Trailers Chapter 2. Trailer ParksChapter 3. The War YearsChapter 4. Mobile HomesChapter 5. The HUD CodeChapter 6. New ModelsChapter 7. Sitting Mobile HomesPart II: Single-SitedsChapter 8. Where Are They?Chapter 9. The Lexington Hexagon Chapter 10. Northern New MexicoChapter 11. Mercer County, North DakotaChapter 12. Upstate New YorkChapter 13. Adams County, WisconsinChapter 14. SpersopolisChapter 15. The Coal FieldPart III: Side by SideChapter 16. The Mountain West Chapter 17. Filling in the FlatheadChapter 18. A Snapshot of EvergreenChapter 19. Boom and Bust in Western MontanaChapter 20. The Changing "Small"-Town WestPart IV: ParksChapter 21. Mobile Home Parks, Utilitarian to UpscaleChapter 22. The Twin Cities Metropolitan AreaChapter 23. Southwestern KansasChapter 24. Long NeckChapter 25. FloridaChapter 26. Southern CaliforniaPart V: Conclusion & EpilogueConclusion EpilogueBibliographyIndex

John Fraser Hart is a professor of geography at the University of Minnesota. He is author and editor of ten books, most recently The Rural Landscape, also available from Johns Hopkins. Michelle J. Rhodes is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of geography at Simon Fraser University and an instructor of political science and geography at the University of Montana-Western. John T. Morgan is a professor of geography at Emory and Henry College.

An insightful meditation on American notions of mobility and class. Doubletake This clear, to-the-point study directs attention to the proliferation of this type of housing and the social stigma attached to it and its occupants... This is a thought-provoking, readable examination of modern US life, far broader in scope than one might first imagine. Choice 2003 Provides the reader with a complex, nuanced, and sympathetic look at the world of the mobile home dweller. There are no trailer trash in this book, just decent, hard-working middle- and working-class men and women looking for affordable housing options. -- Jan Davidson Enterprise and Society

• AcknowledgmentsPart I: BackgroundPrologueChapter 1. Trailers Chapter 2. Trailer ParksChapter 3. The War YearsChapter 4. Mobile HomesChapter 5. The HUD CodeChapter 6. New ModelsChapter 7. Sitting Mobile HomesPart II: Single-SitedsChapter 8. Where Are They?Chapter 9. The Lexington Hexagon Chapter 10. Northern New MexicoChapter 11. Mercer County, North DakotaChapter 12. Upstate New YorkChapter 13. Adams County, WisconsinChapter 14. SpersopolisChapter 15. The Coal FieldPart III: Side by SideChapter 16. The Mountain West Chapter 17. Filling in the FlatheadChapter 18. A Snapshot of EvergreenChapter 19. Boom and Bust in Western MontanaChapter 20. The Changing "Small"-Town WestPart IV: ParksChapter 21. Mobile Home Parks, Utilitarian to UpscaleChapter 22. The Twin Cities Metropolitan AreaChapter 23. Southwestern KansasChapter 24. Long NeckChapter 25. FloridaChapter 26. Southern CaliforniaPart V: Conclusion & EpilogueConclusion EpilogueBibliographyIndex