| Alone Together Contributor(s): Cromley, Elizabeth Collins (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801423244 ISBN-13: 9780801423246 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $59.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Buildings - Residential - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 728.314 |
| LCCN: 89-42869 |
| Lexile Measure: 1510 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 7" W x 10" (1.52 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Twentieth-century New York is now famous as the city of cliff dwellers, but in the second half of the nineteenth century, middle-class apartments in Manhattan were a new--and somewhat suspect--architectural form. Alone Together presents a history of the invention of New York apartment houses. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cromley, Elizabeth Collins: - Elizabeth Collins Cromley is Professor of Architectural History at Northeastern University and the coauthor of Invitation to Vernacular Architecture. |