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.