Main entry:

Heath, Kingston Wm.

Title & Author:

The patina of place : the cultural weathering of a New England industrial landscape / Kingston Wm. Heath.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2001.

Description:

xxiii, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-237) and index.
Introduction: Architecture as cultural production -- pt. I. New Bedford: one generation and many. Growing up in a New Bedford three-decker: an environmental autobiography ; From whaling port to leading textile center: an overview of the city's shift in economics -- pt. II. Corporate housing as an index to social change. Housing the new industrial workforce ; Howland Mill Village: the dashed dream for an industrial utopia -- pt. III. From corporate paternalism to a speculative building market: the three-decker in New Bedford. The anatomy of a New Bedford three-decker and the forces that shaped it at the height of the textile era ; The cultural transformation of the three-decker at the close of the textile era in New Bedford -- Conclusion: Cultural weathering as a vehicle for exploring the process of place making.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"The Patina of Place offers a multidisciplinary analysis of workers' housing as an index to social change and cultural identity in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Kingston Heath discusses both the city's company-owned mill housing and the subsequent transition to a speculative building market that established the three-decker rental flat as the city's most common housing form for industrial workers." "In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the booming textile industry turned many New England towns and villages into industrialized urban centers. This rapid urbanization transformed not only the economic base but the regional identity of communities such as New Bedford as new housing forms emerged to accommodate the largely immigrant workforce of the mills. In particular, the wood-frame "three-decker" became the region's multifamily housing design of choice, resulting in a unique architectural form that is characteristic of New England." "In The Patina of Place, Heath provides the first book-length analysis of the three-decker and its cultural significance, revealing New Bedford's evolving regional identity within New England."--Jacket.

ISBN:

1572331380 (alk. paper)
9781572331389 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Working class Dwellings Massachusetts New Bedford.
Working class Housing Massachusetts New Bedford.
Apartment houses Massachusetts New Bedford.
Urban renewal Massachusetts New Bedford.
Architecture, Domestic Massachusetts New Bedford.
Travailleurs Habitations Massachusetts New Bedford.
Travailleurs Logement Massachusetts New Bedford.
Immeubles d'habitation Massachusetts New Bedford.
Rénovation urbaine Massachusetts New Bedford.
Architecture domestique Massachusetts New Bedford.
Apartment houses
Architecture, Domestic
Urban renewal
Working class Dwellings
Working class Housing
Stadtsanierung
Arbeiterklasse
Wohnen
Architektur
Arbeiderswoningen.
Huurwoningen.
Flatgebouwen.
Stadsvernieuwing.
Arbetarbostäder Massachusetts New Bedford.
Flerbostadshus Massachusetts New Bedford.
Stadsförnyelse Massachusetts New Bedford.
Massachusetts New Bedford
New Bedford, Mass.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226604
Call No.: NA7511.4.B4 H4 2001
Status: Available