Although vernacular architecture scholarship has expanded beyond its core fascination with common buildings and places, its attention remains fixed on the social function of building. Consistent with this expansion of interests, Constructing Image, Identity, and Place includes essays on a wide variety of American building types and landscapes drawn from a broad geographic and chronological spectrum. Subjects range from examinations of the houses, hotels and churches of America s colonial and Republican elite to analyses of the humble cottages of Southern sharecroppers and mill workers,...
Although vernacular architecture scholarship has expanded beyond its core fascination with common buildings and places, its attention remains fixed on...
Eminent architectural historian Breisch draws on a wealth of primary source material to tell the story of one of the most important American buildings of the twentieth century. In the process, he presents a richly documented case study illuminating the formation of an indispensable modern public institution: the American public library.
Eminent architectural historian Breisch draws on a wealth of primary source material to tell the story of one of the most important American buildings...
