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The American porch : an informal history of an informal place / Michael Dolan.
- Title
- The American porch : an informal history of an informal place / Michael Dolan.
- Author
- Dolan, Michael, 1955-
- Publication
- Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | NA3070 .D65 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 346 p., [32] p. of plates ; ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-331) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction : my porch and welcome to it -- ch. 1. As American as ancient Greece and Imperial Rome -- ch. 2. Loggia logic, Renaissance roots -- ch. 3. Out of Africa -- ch. 4. Or was it out of India -- ch. 5. Or was it out of Italy -- ch. 6. From the old world to the new -- ch. 7. George's piazza and Tom's portico -- ch. 8. Early days of an icon -- ch. 9. Getting into print -- ch. 10. Ubiquity -- ch. 11. Glory days -- ch. 12. Teeter -- ch. 13. Totter -- ch. 14. Fall -- ch. 15. Rise again -- ch. 16. Revival.
- ISBN
- 1585746630 (hc : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2002015762
- OCLC
- 50737447
- SCSB-10904659
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library