Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America
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Book Overview
The evolution of housing in America. This book is concerned essentially with the model of domestic environment in this country, as it has evolved from colonial architecture through current urban projects. Beginning with Puritan townscape, topics include urban row housing, Big House and slave quarters, factory housing, rural cottages, Victorian suburbs, urban tenements, apartment life, bungalows, company towns, planned residential communities, public housing for the poor, suburban sprawl.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0262730642
ISBN13:9780262730648
Release Date:April 1983
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:350 Pages
Weight:1.28 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Good straightforward background to housing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Although a little dated, this book provides a good, straightforward, easy to read background on housing in America. It touches on the historical reasons why we prefer the single-family suburban house yet also explores other housing types and their origins.
Fascinating as study of both architechture and history.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Wright starts at the beginning and explains how the American experience has effected American architechture, and vice versa. Weaving religious, social and economic conditions into her story of how Americans came to live in the structures that they call home, Wright's book is one of the few "page-turners" that I've encountered among architechture books. It's indespensible to the student of American history. --David Macia
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