| American Family Home, 1800-1960 Contributor(s): Clark, Clifford Edward, Jr. (Author) |
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ISBN: 080784151X ISBN-13: 9780807841518 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1986 Annotation: In the nineteenth century, architects and family reformers launched promotional campaigns portraying houses no longer as simply physical structures in which families lived but as emblems for family cohesiveness and identity. Clark explains why, despite the fear of standardization and homogenization, the middle class has persisted in viewing the single-family home as the main symbol of independence as as the distinguishing sign of having achieved middle-class status. |
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| BISAC Categories: - House & Home | Design & Construction - Architecture | History - General - Photography |
| Dewey: 728.370 |
| LCCN: 85024496 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.97" W x 9.95" (1.62 lbs) 297 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In the nineteenth century, architects and family reformers launched promotional campaigns portraying houses no longer as simply physical structures in which families lived but as emblems for family cohesiveness and identity. Clark explains why, despite the fear of standardization and homogenization, the middle class has persisted in viewing the single-family home as the main symbol of independence as as the distinguishing sign of having achieved middle-class status. |
Contributor Bio(s): Clark, Clifford Edward: - Clifford Edward Clark Jr., is M. A. and A. D. Hulings Professor of American Studies and professor of history at Carleton College. He is author of Henry Ward Beecher: Spokesman for a Middle-Class America. |