A concise history of American architecture /

A concise history of American architecture /

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Author / Creator:Roth, Leland M.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Harper & Row, c1979.
Description:xxvi, 400 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Icon editions
Subject:
Architecture -- United States
Architecture.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/495233
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ISBN:006438490X : $12.95.
0064300862 $8.95
Notes:Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [374]-381.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • 1. the Land and First Homes
  • 2. Transpantations in the New World: 1600-1785
  • 3. Building a New Nation: 1785-1820
  • 4. the Lure of the Past, the Promise of the Future: 1820-1865
  • 5. Age of Enterprise: 1865-1885
  • 6. Urbanism and the Search for Order: 1885-1915
  • 7. Dichotomy: Tradition and Avant Garde: 1915-1940
  • 8. Pure Function, Pure Form: 1940-1970
  • Epilogue: Pluralism in the 1970s
  • Style Chronology
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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