| Description |
1 online resource (xlii, 673 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
The first American architecture : ceremonial enclosures and homes -- Europeans in the new world, 1600-1700 : transplanted vernaculars -- In the latest fashion, 1690-1785 : Georgian architecture and vernacular traditions -- A new architecture for a new nation, 1785-1820 : searching for symbols of democracy -- Appropriation and innovation, 1820-1865 : images of the past, visions of the future -- Architecture in the age of energy and enterprise, 1865-1885 : parvenu taste in an expanding economy -- The architecture of the American city and suburb, 1885-1915 : the search for order -- Nostalgia and the avant-garde, 1915-1940 : architecture for a new century -- The emergence of American Modernism, 1940-1973 : social agenda or the latest aesthetic? -- Late modernism and alternatives, 1972-2001 -- Looking at the future : into the twenty-first century |
| Summary |
More than fifteen years after the success of the first edition, this sweeping introduction to the history of architecture in the United States is now a fully revised guide to the major developments that shaped the environment from the first Americans to the present, from the everyday vernacular to the high style of aspiration. Eleven chronologically organized chapters chart the social, cultural, and political forces that shaped the growth and development of American towns, cities, and suburbs, while providing full description, analysis, and interpretation of buildings and their architects |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-629) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed August 29, 2022) |
| Subject |
Architecture -- United States -- History.
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ARCHITECTURE -- History -- General.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Criticism.
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ART -- American -- General.
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Architecture
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Clark, Amanda C. R., 1977- author.
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| ISBN |
9780429973833 |
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0429973837 |
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9780429962752 |
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0429962754 |
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9780429984914 |
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042998491X |
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9780429494208 |
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0429494203 |
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9780813350073 |
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0813350077 |
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