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050 0 0 _aNA705
_b.G35 1999
082 0 0 _a720.973
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_bG.M.H
100 1 _aGelernter, Mark,
_d1951-
245 1 2 _aA history of American architecture :
_bbuildings in their cultural and technological context /
_cMark Gelernter
250 _a1st ed
264 1 _aHanover :
_bUniversity Press of New England,
_c[1999]
264 4 _c℗♭1999
300 _axxii, 346 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 330-337) and index
505 0 _aFirst civilizations : 12,000 BC-AD 1500 -- Cultures transformed and transplanted : 1500-1650 -- Colonial culture : 1650-1763 -- The age of revolution : 1763-1820 -- Culture realigned : 1820-65 -- Enterprise and turmoil : 1865-85 -- The age of diversity : 1885-1915 -- Between the World Wars : 1915-45 -- Modern culture : 1945-73 -- Postmodern culture : 1973-1998
520 1 _a"This book explores the history of American architecture from prehistoric times to the present, explaining why characteristic architectural forms arose at particular times and in particular places."--BOOK JACKET. "Mark Gelernter shows how buildings express powerful cultural forces. They embody our deeply felt attitudes about our relationship with nature, our social relations with others, the importance of the individual, the value of science and technology, and our political role in the world. The author also explains how designers sometimes expressed these ideas with available building technologies, while other times they invented new technologies in order to realize new ideas."--Jacket
520 8 _a"A history of American architecture presents this fascinating story of American architecture in ten chronological chapters. Each chapter begins with a broad survey of the dominant cultural forces and technology, and then discusses how the designers of the day responded with particular architectural forms. This survey includes the contemporaneous European cultural and architectural ideas, since Europe significantly influenced much of America's history."--Jacket
530 _aAlso issued online
650 0 _aArchitecture
_zUnited States
650 0 _aArchitecture and society
_zUnited States
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aGelernter, Mark, 1951-
_tHistory of American architecture.
_dHanover : University Press of New England, ℗♭1999
_w(OCoLC)607259269
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_cBK