Heath, Kingston Wm.
The patina of place : the cultural weathering of a New England industrial landscape / Kingston Wm. Heath.
1st ed.
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2001.
xxiii, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
"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.
1572331380 (alk. paper)
9781572331389 (alk. paper)
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.
Location: Library main 226604
Call No.: NA7511.4.B4 H4 2001
Status: Available
Sign up to get news from us
Thank you for signing up. You'll begin to receive emails from us shortly.
We’re not able to update your preferences at the moment. Please try again later.
You’ve already subscribed with this email address. If you’d like to subscribe with another, please try again.
This email was permanently deleted from our database. If you’d like to resubscribe with this email, please contact us
Please complete the form below to buy:
[Title of the book, authors]
ISBN: [ISBN of the book]
Price [Price of book]
Thank you for placing an order. We will contact you shortly.
We’re not able to process your request at the moment. Please try again later.