How the working-class home became modern, 1900-1940 / Thomas C. Hubka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hubka, Thomas C., 1946- author.

Series:

Architecture, landscape, and American culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cost and standard of living--United States--History.

Cost and standard of living.

Working class--Dwellings--United States--History.

Working class.

Domestic space--United States--History.

Domestic space.

United States--Social conditions.

United States.

Social conditions.

Working class--Dwellings.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The transformation of average Americans' domestic lives, revealed through the mechanical innovations and physical improvements of their homes"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Housing and domestic reform from a middle-majority perspective

Headwinds to researching common houses : eleven prevailing themes

Two worlds apart : domestic conditions at the turn of the twentieth century

Modern houses for a new middle class : new standards of living

The dwellings of modern domestic reform : cottages, duplexes, multi-units, and remodeled houses

Domestic life transformed : how the working class became middle-class in housing

Epilogue : response to working-class improvement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Hubka, Thomas C., 1946- How the working-class home became modern, 1900-1940

ISBN:

9780816693009

0816693005

9780816693016

0816693013

OCLC:

1122921412