Manhood factories : YMCA architecture and the making of modern urban culture /

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Between the Civil War and the Great Depression, the Young Men's Christian Association built more than a thousand community centers across the United States and in major cities around the world. Dubbed "manhood factories" by Teddy Roosevelt, these iconic buildings served as athletic ce...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lupkin, Paula (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Series:Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.
Subjects:
YMCA of the USA > Buildings.
YMCA of the USA
Architecture > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Architecture and society > United States.
Space (Architecture) > United States.
Architecture et société > États-Unis.
Espace (Architecture) > États-Unis.
Architecture > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Religious.
ARCHITECTURE > History > Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
Architecture and society
Architecture > Moral and ethical aspects
Buildings
Space (Architecture)
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the YMCA and the cultural landscape of modernity
  • Reconciling morality and mammon: a Christian club for clerks
  • Inventing the YMCA building
  • Accepting the call to build: architectural evangelism on Main Street
  • Bedrooms, billiards, and basketball: retooling the YMCA
  • From Greensboro to China: YMCA architecture as international business
  • Influences radiate.

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