1st Edition
American Architectural History A Contemporary Reader
Edited By Keith Eggener
Copyright 2004
464 Pages
by
Routledge
464 Pages
by
Routledge
464 Pages
by
Routledge
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This major new text presents a collection of recent writings on architecture and urbanism in the United States, with topics ranging from colonial to contemporary times. In terms of content and scope, there is no collection, in or out of print, directly comparable to this one. The essays are drawn from the past twenty years' of publishing in the field, arranged chronologically from colonial... Read more
Part 1: Staking Claim, Shaping Space Part 2: Building the Republic Part 3: Materialism and Mediation in the Gilded Age Part 4: Visions of a New Era: Seeing Self, Seeing Others, Being Seen Part 5: Shifting Scenes: Modernism and Postmodernism Part 6: The City in Question
Biography
Keith Eggener, Keith Eggener
'Stimulating ... [a] valuable sampler of new scholarship ... a welcome supplement to existing surveys and a challenge to scholars and publishers alike to go further in retelling the history of our built environment.' - Journal of Architectural Education
