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How the working-class home became modern, 1900-1940

Title
How the working-class home became modern, 1900-1940 / Thomas C. Hubka.
Author
Hubka, Thomas C., 1946-
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]

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Description
xxvi, 261 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
Summary
"The transformation of average Americans' domestic lives, revealed through the mechanical innovations and physical improvements of their homes"--
Series Statement
Architecture, landscape, and American culture series
Uniform Title
Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.
Subject
  • Cost and standard of living > United States > History
  • Working class > Dwellings > History. > United States
  • Domestic space > United States > History
  • Cost and standard of living
  • Domestic space
  • Social conditions
  • Working class > Dwellings
  • United States > Social conditions
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Call Number
JFF 22-49
ISBN
  • 9780816693009
  • 0816693005
  • 9780816693016
  • 0816693013
LCCN
  • 2019053591
  • 40030345799
OCLC
1122921412
Author
Hubka, Thomas C., 1946- author.
Title
How the working-class home became modern, 1900-1940 / Thomas C. Hubka.
Publisher
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Creator/Contributor Characteristics
Gender group: Men
Nationality/regional group: Americans
Occupational/field of activity group: University and college faculty members
Social group: Retirees
Series
Architecture, landscape, and American culture series
Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note
AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE. EXAMINES IMPACT OF DOMESTIC IMPROVEMENTS ON AMERICAN LIVES
Other Form:
Online version: Hubka, Thomas C., 1946- How the working-class home became modern, 1900-1940 Minneapolis : University of Minnesota, 2020. 9780816693016 (DLC) 2019053592
Other Standard Identifier
40030345799
Research Call Number
JFF 22-49
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