752 Pages
by
Routledge
720 Pages
by
Routledge
752 Pages
by
Routledge
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More than fifteen years after the success of the first edition, this sweeping introduction to the history of architecture in the United States is now a fully revised guide to the major developments that shaped the environment from the first Americans to the present, from the everyday vernacular to the high style of aspiration. Eleven chronologically organized chapters chart the social, cultural,... Read more
Preface 1. THE FIRST AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE Ceremonial Enclosures and Homes 2. EUROPEANS IN THE NEW WORLD, 1600--1700 Transplanted Vernaculars 3. IN THE LATEST FASHION, 1690--1785 Georgian Architecture and Vernacular Themes 4. A NEW ARCHITECTURE FOR A NEW NATION, 1785--1820 Searching for Symbols of Democracy 5. APPROPRIATION AND INNOVATION, 1820--1865 Images of the Past, Visions of the Future 6. ARCHITECTURE IN THE AGE OF ENERGY AND ENTERPRISE, 1865--1885 Parvenu Taste in an Expanding Economy 7. THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE AMERICAN CITY AND SUBURB, 1885--1915 The Search for Order 8. NOSTALGIA AND THE AVANT-GARDE, 1915--1940 Architecture for a New Century 9. THE EMERGENCE OF MODERNISM, 1940--1973 Social Agenda or the Latest Aesthetic? 10. RESPONSES TO MODERNISM, 1973--2000 Modernism and Its Discontents 11. THE 21ST CENTURY, 2000-- Chronology Glossary List of Illustrations Index
Biography
Leland M Roth
