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Author Faherty, Duncan.

Title Remodeling the nation : the architecture of American identity, 1776-1858 / Duncan Faherty.

Publication Info. Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover : University Press of New England, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  NA7206 .F34 2007    Available  ---
Description xi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Becoming modern
Becoming modern.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-239) and index.
Contents 1."When Buildings Are of Durable Materials": The American Home and the Structural Legacies of History -- 2."No Longer Assigned Its Ancient Use": Biloquial Architecture and the Problems of Remodeling -- 3."Home Bred Virtues and Local Attachments": New York and the Evolution of the American Home -- 4."The Wants of Posterity": Community Construction and the Composing Order of American Architecture-- 5."In the Midst of an Uncertain Future": Remodeling the Legacies of American Domesticity.
Subject Architecture, Domestic -- Social aspects -- United States.
Architecture, Domestic -- Social aspects.
United States.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Architecture and society.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Symbolism in architecture -- United States.
Symbolism in architecture.
National characteristics, American.
National characteristics, American.
ISBN 9781584656555 cloth alkaline paper
1584656557 cloth alkaline paper