In his book Cracked Foundations: Debt and Inequality in Suburban America (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025), Boston College Assistant Professor of History Michael Glass demonstrates how contemporary issues like the affordable housing crisis and school segregation have their origins in post-World War II suburbanization. Focusing on the archetypal suburbs of Long Island, Cracked Foundations exposes the myth of uniform suburban prosperity, uncovering an American dream built on home mortgages and municipal bonds. Glass further explores how these debt instruments made suburban living financially fragile and entrenched disparities that continue to structure American society. Glass is an urban and political historian of the United States in the 20th century.