Bigott, Joseph C.
From cottage to bungalow : houses and the working class in metropolitan Chicago, 1869-1929 / Joseph C. Bigott.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
xvi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Chicago architecture and urbanism
"Between 1869 and 1929, immigrants streamed into the city of Chicago at unprecedented rates. The burgeoning working-class neighborhoods and houses that these immigrants inhabited are at the heart of From Cottage to Bungalow." "In this book, Joseph C. Bigott challenges many common assumptions about the origins of modern housing.
For example, most studies of this period maintain that the prosperous middle-class housing market produced innovations in housing and community design that filtered down to the lower ranks much later. Bigott shows that the number of houses built for the working class far exceeded those built for the middle class and argues that this dynamic low-end housing market generated enormous wealth and significant social change."
"Bigott analyzes ubiquitous, yet previously ignored, aspects of the built environment to make his argument. Drawing on physical evidence found throughout Chicago, he shows how modern bungalows evolved from nineteenth-century cottages through years of incremental change in construction practices, building materials, and methods of selling real estate.
He also explores the social and cultural consequences of working-class home ownership by examining two of Chicago's largest immigrant groups, the Germans and the Poles. To show how changes on the landscape affected the lives of ordinary people, Bigott provides a fascinating look inside these communities and their working conditions, labor relations, local politics, and religious institutions.
He argues that an intimate, local form of capitalism thrived, even as the great corporations of the day flourished. By improving the circumstances of everyday life, immigrants expanded the notion of who might become worthy citizens to include groups who, fifty years earlier, had been considered beyond redemption." "Ultimately, this book shows that the transformation from cottage to bungalow reminds us that material progress has the power to diminish, as well as extend, the barriers that separate American citizens."--Jacket.
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Housing Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area History.
Working class Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area History.
Immigrants Housing Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area History.
Minorities Housing Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area History.
Architecture, Domestic Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area History.
Logement Illinois Chicago, Agglomération de Histoire.
Travailleurs Illinois Chicago, Agglomération de Histoire.
Immigrants Logement Illinois Chicago, Agglomération de Histoire.
Minorités Logement Illinois Chicago, Agglomération de Histoire.
Architecture domestique Illinois Chicago, Agglomération de Histoire.
Architecture, Domestic
Housing
Immigrants Housing
Minorities Housing
Working class
Wohnen
Architektur
Arbeiterklasse
Einwanderer
Huisvesting.
Arbeiders.
Minderheden.
Immigranten.
Bouwkunst.
Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area
Chicago, Ill.
Houses United States Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 1860-1930.
Housing United States Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 1860-1930.
Immigrants United States Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 1860-1930.
Minorities United States Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 1860-1930.
Working class United States Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area 1860-1930.
History
Chicago architecture and urbanism.
Localisation: Bibliothèque main 217632
Cote: HD7304.C4 B5 2001
Statut: Disponible
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