Gwendolyn Wright
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.
Nonfiction,History,Architecture,Cities,Urban Studies,Cultural Heritage,Heritage Preservation,Geography,Cities,Cities,Urban Planning
Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America