Architecture and suburbia : from English villa to American dream house, 1690--2000 / John Archer.
| Author/creator | Archer, John, 1947- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2005. |
| Description | xx, 470 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 26 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Self, house, and suburb -- Built spaces and identity -- I: Eighteenth-century England: the genesis of the Bourgeois dwelling -- Locating the self in space -- Villa suburbana, terra suburbana -- The apparatus of selfhood -- II: Nineteenth-century America: republican homes in Arcadian suburbs -- Republican pastoral: toward a bourgeois Arcadia -- Suburbanizing the self -- III: Twentieth-century America: the dream house ideal and the suburban landscape -- Nationalizing the dream -- Analyzing the dream -- Reframing suburbia -- Coda: looking ahead. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-442) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004025706 |
| ISBN | 0816643032 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | NA7571 .A58 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |