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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Herman, Bernard L., 1951-
Corporate Author: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2005]
Series:Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Subjects:
1700-1899
Row houses > United States.
Architecture > United States > History > 18th century.
Architecture > United States > History > 19th century.
Dwellings > Social aspects > United States.
Habitations en bandes > États-Unis.
Architecture > États-Unis > 18e siècle.
Architecture > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Habitations > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Architecture > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
Architecture
Dwellings > Social aspects
Row houses
Haus > USA > Geschichte 18. Jh.
Reihenhaus > USA > Geschichte 18. Jh.
Reihenhaus > USA > Geschichte 19. Jh.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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