Making Houses Crafting Capitalism
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Making Houses Crafting Capitalism
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Author : Donna J. Rilling
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2001-01-19
Making Houses Crafting Capitalism written by Donna J. Rilling and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-19 with Business & Economics categories.
How entrepreneurial housebuilders fueled a rapid economy. "A well-written and easily read business book with a historical perspective, quite fit for a general readership interested in the history of American enterprise."—APT Bulletin
A Paradise Of Small Houses
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Author : Max Podemski
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2024-03-26
A Paradise Of Small Houses written by Max Podemski and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-26 with Architecture categories.
From the Haitian-style “shotgun” houses of the 19th century to the lavish high-rises of the 21st century, a walk through the streets of America’s neighborhoods that reveals the rich history—and future—of urban housing The Philadelphia row house. The New York tenement. The Boston triple-decker. Every American city has its own iconic housing style, structures that have been home to generations of families and are symbols of identity and pride. Max Podemski, an urban planner for the city of Los Angeles and lifelong architecture buff, has spent his career in and around these buildings. Deftly combining his years of experience with extensive research, Podemski walks the reader through the history of our dwelling spaces—and offers a blueprint for how time-tested urban planning models can help us build the homes the United States so desperately needs. In A Paradise of Small Houses, Podemski charts how these dwellings have evolved over the centuries according to the geography, climate, population, and culture of each city. He introduces the reader to styles like Chicago’s prefabricated workers cottages and LA’s car-friendly dingbats, illuminating the human stories behind each city’s iconic housing type. Through it all, Podemski interrogates the American values that have equated home ownership with success and led to the US housing crisis, asking, “How can we look to the past to build the homes, neighborhoods, and cities of the future that our communities deserve?”
Proceedings Of The First Conference Of The Construction History Society
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Author : James Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2015-03-16
Proceedings Of The First Conference Of The Construction History Society written by James Campbell and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-16 with Art categories.
This volume collects together the papers delivered at the first annual conference of the Construction History Society, held in Queens' College, Cambridge in 2014. Papers cover a wide range of topics all on the common theme of the history of construction, from the ancient world to the present day.
The Sage Handbook Of Historical Geography
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Author : Mona Domosh
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2020-11-25
The Sage Handbook Of Historical Geography written by Mona Domosh and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-25 with Science categories.
Historical geography is an active, theoretically-informed and vibrant field of scholarly work within modern geography, with strong and constantly evolving connections with disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. Across two volumes, The SAGE Handbook of Historical Geography provides you with an an international and cross-disciplinary overview of the field, presenting chapters that examine the history, present condition and future potential of the discipline in relation to recent developments and research.
Two Carpenters
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Author : J. Ritchie Garrison
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2006
Two Carpenters written by J. Ritchie Garrison and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Architecture categories.
Journeyman -- Performances -- Urban building -- Master builder -- Change -- Double parlor -- Cottage and mansion -- Contractor -- Monuments.
Building Environments
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Author : Kenneth A. Breisch
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2005
Building Environments written by Kenneth A. Breisch and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Architecture categories.
Selected articles originally presented at the Vernacular Architecture Forum conference in Duluth, Minnesota (2002) and Newport Rhode Island (2001).
Building Charleston
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Author : Emma Hart
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2009-12-16
Building Charleston written by Emma Hart and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-16 with History categories.
In the colonial era, Charleston, South Carolina, was the largest city in the American South. From 1700 to 1775 its growth rate was exceeded in the New World only by that of Philadelphia. The first comprehensive study of this crucial colonial center, Building Charleston charts the rise of one of early America's great cities, revealing its importance to the evolution of both South Carolina and the British Atlantic world during the eighteenth century. In many of the southern colonies, plantation agriculture was the sole source of prosperity, shaping the destiny of nearly all inhabitants, both free and enslaved. The insistence of South Carolina's founders on the creation of towns, however, meant that this colony, unlike its counterparts, would also be shaped by the imperatives of urban society. In this respect, South Carolina followed developments in the rest of the eighteenth-century British Atlantic world, where towns were growing rapidly in size and influence. At the vanguard of change, burgeoning urban spaces across the British Atlantic ushered in industrial development, consumerism, social restructuring, and a new era in political life. Charleston proved no less an engine of change for the colonial Low Country, promoting early industrialization, forging an ambitious middle class, a consumer society, and a vigorous political scene. Bringing these previously neglected aspects of early South Carolinian society to our attention, Emma Hart challenges the popular image of the prerevolutionary South as a society completely shaped by staple agriculture. Moreover, Building Charleston places the colonial American town, for the first time, at the very heart of a transatlantic process of urban development.
The Making Of Urban America
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Author : Raymond A. Mohl
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-10-03
The Making Of Urban America written by Raymond A. Mohl and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-03 with History categories.
The revised and updated third edition of The Making of Urban America includes seven new articles and a richly detailed historiographical essay that discusses the vast urban history literature added to the canon since the publication of the second edition. The authors’ extensively revised introductions and the fifteen reprinted articles trace urban development from the preindustrial city to the twentieth-century city. With emphasis on the social, economic, political, commercial, and cultural aspects of urban history, these essays illustrate the growth and change that created modern-day urban life. Dynamic topics such as technology, immigration and ethnicity, suburbanization, sunbelt cities, urban political history, and planning and housing are examined. The Making of Urban America is the only reader available that covers all of U.S. urban history and that also includes the most recent interpretive scholarship on the subject.
Building A Timeless House In An Instant Age
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Author : Brent Hull
language : en
Publisher: BrownBooks.ORM
Release Date : 2014-08-01
Building A Timeless House In An Instant Age written by Brent Hull and has been published by BrownBooks.ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-01 with House & Home categories.
The author of Traditional American Rooms examines the evolution of home construction, making a case against mass-produced homes. HISTORY®’s Lone Star Restoration star, Brent Hull is a master craftsman, and hands-on preservationist. Hull—a Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Finalist for architectural non-fiction—challenges us to consider the impact our decisions will have when building a house. What do our homes say about us? What stories are they telling? Are they declarations of integrity, beauty, and heritage? Or do they suggest we have lost our sense of value, craft, and harmony? Nationally recognized as an authority on historic design, architecturally correct moldings, and millwork, Hull is uniquely qualified to speak to the craft of building and art of design. In an age of “instant”‘ homes, how do we build something timeless that weaves a tale of character, values, history, and heart? The decisions we make for our homes are not inconsequential. What we build defines us. In fact, the contrast between the way we build today and how structures used to be built has become only more vivid. What happened to craft? What happened to the art of building? Our values and what we believe about life have changed as well. We have come to see houses as a tradable commodity. We live in a time that is obsessed with “what’s next?” We need to be careful of fooling ourselves into thinking that a bottom-line mentality is the best way to approach building a home. Now is the time to examine ourselves, our motives, and our hearts. Praise for Building a Timeless House in an Instant Age “Part call to action, part exploration of technique, the result is a persuasive and enjoyable reminder that our homes are reflections of ourselves . . . . A pleasing, educational look at traditional home construction.” —Kirkus Reviews
Building A Market
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Author : Richard Harris
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2012-08-27
Building A Market written by Richard Harris and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-27 with Architecture categories.
Each year, North Americans spend as much money fixing up their homes as they do buying new ones. This obsession with improving our dwellings has given rise to a multibillion-dollar industry that includes countless books, consumer magazines, a cable television network, and thousands of home improvement stores. Building a Market charts the rise of the home improvement industry in the United States and Canada from the end of World War I into the late 1950s. Drawing on the insights of business, social, and urban historians, and making use of a wide range of documentary sources, Richard Harris shows how the middle-class preference for home ownership first emerged in the 1920s—and how manufacturers, retailers, and the federal government combined to establish the massive home improvement market and a pervasive culture of Do-It-Yourself. Deeply insightful, Building a Market is the carefully crafted history of the emergence and evolution of a home improvement revolution that changed not just American culture but the American landscape as well.