| Description |
xv, 525 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-510) and index. |
| Contents |
Looking at American houses. Style ; Form ; Structure ; Pictorial key and glossary -- Folk houses. Native American ; Pre-railroad ; National -- Colonial houses (1600-1820). Postmedieval English ; Dutch Colonial ; French Colonial ; Spanish Colonial ; Georgian ; Adam ; Early classical revival -- Romantic Houses (1820-1880). Greek revival ; Gothic revival ; Italianate ; Exotic revivals ; Octagon -- Victorian Houses (1860-1900). Second Empire ; Stick ; Queen Anne ; Shingle ; Ricardsonian Romanesque ; Folk Victorian -- Eclectic Houses (1880-1940). Anglo-American, English, and French Period Houses: Colonial revival ; Neoclassical ; Tudor ; Chateauesque ; Beaux Arts ; French eclectic. Mediterranean period houses: Italian Renaissance ; Mission ; Spanish eclectic ; Monterey ; Pueblo revival. Modern houses: Prairie ; Craftsman ; Modernistic ; International -- American houses since 1940: Modern ; Neoeclectic ; Contemporary folk. |
| Subject |
Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- Guidebooks.
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United States -- Guidebooks.
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| Added Author |
McAlester, A. Lee (Arcie Lee), 1933-
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Jarrett, Lauren, illustrator.
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Rodriguez-Arnaiz, Juan, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0394510321 hdbk. |
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9780394510323 hdbk. |
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0394739698 |
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9780394739694 |
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