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Remodeling the nation : the architecture of American identity, 1776-1858 / Duncan Faherty.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Faherty, Duncan.
- Series:
- Becoming modern
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture, Domestic--Social aspects--United States.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Architecture and society--United States--History--18th century.
- Architecture and society.
- Architecture and society--United States--History--19th century.
- Symbolism in architecture--United States.
- Symbolism in architecture.
- National characteristics, American.
- History.
- Architecture, Domestic--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover : University Press of New England, [2007]
- Summary:
- A rich analysis of how post Revolutionary Americans conceptualized the early Republic through metaphors of home building
- Contents:
- 1 "When Buildings Are of Durable Materials": The American Home and the Structural Legacies of History 1
- 2 "No Longer Assigned Its Ancient Use": Biloquial Architecture and the Problems of Remodeling 37
- 3 "Home Bred Virtues and Local Attachments": New York and the Evolution of the American Home 80
- 4 "The Wants of Posterity": Community Construction and the Composing Order of American Architecture 122
- 5 "In the Midst of an Uncertain Future": Remodeling the Legacies of American Domesticity 162.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781584656555
- 1584656557
- OCLC:
- 145396535
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