The American family home, 1800-1960 / Clifford Edward Clark, Jr.

Main entry:

Clark, Clifford Edward, 1941- author.

Title & Author:

The American family home, 1800-1960 / Clifford Edward Clark, Jr.

Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1986]
©1986

Description:

xvi, 281 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-269) and index.
ch. 1. Reforming the foundations of society -- ch. 2. Dreams and realities -- ch. 3. The suburban neighborhood ideal -- ch. 4. The house as artistic expression -- ch. 5. Modernizing the house and family -- ch. 6. The bungalow craze -- ch. 7. Ranch house modern -- ch. 8. The suburban complex -- ch. 9. The American family home and the American dream.
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Summary:

In the nineteenth century, architects and family reformers launched promotional campaigns portraying houses no longer as simply physical structures in which families lived but as emblems for family cohesiveness and identity. Clark explains why, despite the fear of standardization and homogenization, the middle class has persisted in viewing the single-family home as the main symbol of independence as as the distinguishing sign of having achieved middle-class status.-- Publisher.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0807816752
9780807816752
080784151X (pbk.)
9780807841518 (pbk.)

Subject:

Dwellings United States History 19th century.
Dwellings United States History 20th century.
Architecture and society United States.
Habitations États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Habitations États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture et société États-Unis.
Architecture and society
Dwellings
Architektur
Eigenheim
Woningen.
Gezin.
Casas (Arquitetura)
Habitatges Estats Units d'Amèrica S. XIX-XX.
Arquitectura i societat Estats Units d'Amèrica.
Dwellings United States 19th century.
Dwellings United States 20th century.
Habitations États-Unis 19e siècle.
Habitations États-Unis 20e siècle.
Architecture Aspect social États-Unis.
United States
United States History 20th century.
United States History 19th century.
USA
Dwellings -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Dwellings -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Architecture and society -- United States

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 97625
Call No.: ID:86-B19341
Status: Available

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