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Moralism and the model home : domestic architecture and cultural conflict in Chicago, 1873-1913

Title: Moralism and the model home : domestic architecture and cultural conflict in Chicago, 1873-1913 / Gwendolyn Wright.
Author: Wright, Gwendolyn.
Publication: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1980.

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Description

viii, 382 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

Architecture and society > Illinois > Chicago
Architecture > Illinois > Chicago > Human factors
Architecture, Domestic > Illinois > Chicago > Social aspects

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 349-369.

Contents

Part 1. The Victorian culture of domesticity, 1873-1893. Populist visions -- Professional ambitions -- The structure of the suburbs. -- Part 2. Reorientation, 1893-1903. The homelike world -- Model housewives and model houses -- The political setting -- The professional mood. -- Part 3. A new order, 1903-1913. The minimal house -- Expert advice.

ISBN

0226908356
9780226908359

LCCN

79025584

OCLC

ocm05830516
5830516
SCSB-15244

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library