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Town house : architecture and material life in the early American city, 1780-1830 / Bernard L. Herman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herman, Bernard L., 1951-2024, author.
- Series:
- Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Row houses--United States.
- Row houses.
- Dwellings--Social aspects--United States.
- Dwellings.
- Architecture--United States--History--18th century.
- Architecture.
- Architecture--United States--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia by the University of North Carolina Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this abundantly illustrated volume, Bernard Herman provides a history of urban dwellings and the people who built and lived in them in early America.In the eighteenth century, cities were constant objects of idealization, often viewed as the outward manifestations of an organized, civil society.
- Contents:
- Urban settings: houses and housing in the early American city
- The merchant family's house
- The burgher's dilemma
- The servants' quarter
- The widow's dower
- The shipwright's lodgings
- A traveler's portmanteau
- A poetical city.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9798890871558
- 9781469601168
- 1469601168
- OCLC:
- 967564962
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