American Architecture A History

Name: American Architecture A History
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ISBN: 9780813336626

ISBN-10: 0813336627

ISBN-13: 9780813336626

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Leland Roth, Amanda C. Roth Clark

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In this work, Leland Roth introduces the reader to the major developments that shaped the American-built environment from before the arrival of the Europeans to the present.

Book details

List price: $84.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/6/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.926
Language: English



Preface



The First American Architecture: Ceremonial Enclosures and Homes



Europeans in the New World, 1600-1700: Transplanted Vernaculars



In the Latest Fashion, 1690-1785: Georgian Architecture and Vernacular Themes



A New Architecture for a New Nation, 1785-1820: Searching for Symbols of Democracy



Appropriation and Innovation, 1820-1865: Images of the Past, Visions of the Future



Architecture in the Age of Energy and Enterprise, 1865-1885: Parvenu Taste in an Expanding Economy



The Architecture of the American City and Suburb, 1885-1915: The Search for Order



Nostalgia and the Avant-Garde, 1915-1940: Architecture for a New Century



The Emergence of Modernism, 1940-1973: Social Agenda or the Latest Aesthetic?



Responses to Modernism, 1973-2000: Modernism and Its Discontents


Chronology


Glossary


List of Illustrations


Index