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Experiencing American houses : understanding how domestic architecture works
- Title
- Experiencing American houses : understanding how domestic architecture works / Elizabeth Collins Cromley.
- Author
- Cromley, Elizabeth C.
- Publication
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2022]
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 185 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "This book encourages readers to think creatively about buildings in terms of their function and how these functions have changed over time in American history. The work presents material culture as lived experience and is designed to expand the encounter with material culture to look beyond house styles to how various household spaces (kitchens, living rooms, bedrooms, etc.) have been seen and felt in American life. This volume is the third in a series, Vernacular Architecture Studies, focused on introductory texts on aspects of material culture, often aimed at non-specialists"--
- Series Statement
- Vernacular architecture studies
- Uniform Title
- Vernacular architecture studies series.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Spaces for cooking -- Socializing : parlor, living room, family room, living-kitchen -- Spaces for eating -- Sleeping, health, and privacy -- Circulation, or getting from here to there -- Storage.
- Call Number
- JQF 22-1689
- ISBN
- 9781621904410
- 1621904415
- LCCN
- 2021042880
- OCLC
- 1268545185
- Author
- Cromley, Elizabeth C., author.
- Title
- Experiencing American houses : understanding how domestic architecture works / Elizabeth Collins Cromley.
- Publisher
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2022]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Vernacular architecture studiesVernacular architecture studies series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Cromley, Elizabeth C. Experiencing American houses. First edition Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2022] 9781621904427 (DLC) 2021042881
- Research Call Number
- JQF 22-1689