Town House : Architecture and Material Life in the Early American City, 1780-1830 /

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In this abundantly illustrated volume, Bernard Herman provides a history of urban dwellings and the people who built and lived in them in early America. In the eighteenth century, cities were constant objects of idealization, often viewed as the outward manifestations of an organized, civil society....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Herman, Bernard L., 1951-
Autor Corporativo: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2005]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Reihenhaus > USA > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Reihenhaus > USA > Geschichte 18. Jh.
Haus > USA > Geschichte 18. Jh.
Row houses.
Dwellings > Social aspects.
Architecture.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
Architecture > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Habitations > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Architecture > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Architecture > États-Unis > 18e siecle.
Habitations en bandes > États-Unis.
Dwellings > Social aspects > United States.
Architecture > United States > History > 19th century.
Architecture > United States > History > 18th century.
Row houses > United States.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Urban settings: houses and housing in the early American city
  • The merchant family's house
  • The burgher's dilemma
  • The servants' quarter
  • The widow's dower
  • The shipwright's lodgings
  • A traveler's portmanteau
  • A poetical city.

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