Main entry:

Hubka, Thomas C., 1946- author.

Title & Author:

How the working-class home became modern, 1900-1940 / Thomas C. Hubka.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
©2020

Description:

xxvi, 261 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm.

Series:

Architecture, landscape, and American culture series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Housing and domestic reform from a middle-majority perspective -- Headwinds to researching common houses : eleven prevailing themes -- Two worlds apart : domestic conditions at the turn of the twentieth century -- Modern houses for a new middle class : new standards of living -- The dwellings of modern domestic reform : cottages, duplexes, multi-units, and remodeled houses -- Domestic life transformed : how the working class became middle-class in housing -- Epilogue : response to working-class improvement.

Summary:

"The transformation of average Americans' domestic lives, revealed through the mechanical innovations and physical improvements of their homes"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780816693009 hardcover
0816693005 hardcover
9780816693016 paperback
0816693013 paperback
electronic book
9780816693016

Subject:

Cost and standard of living United States History.
Working class Dwellings United States History.
Domestic space United States History.
Coût et niveau de la vie États-Unis Histoire.
Travailleurs Habitations États-Unis Histoire.
Espace domestique États-Unis Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Cost and standard of living
Domestic space
Social conditions
Working class Dwellings
United States Social conditions.
États-Unis Conditions sociales.
United States

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309135
Call No.: BIB 254415
Status: Available