| Description |
261 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 27 cm. |
| Series |
Great Lakes books |
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Great Lakes books.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-253) and index. |
| Contents |
About architectural style -- Color illustrations -- SECTION I: DEVELOPING ARCHITECTURAL STYLES AND CONSTRUCTION TECHONOLOGIES: American housing styles at the end of the 19th century -- Historical American construction techniques -- Prefabricated housing -- Plans books and catalogue homes -- History of the Aladdin Company -- Catalog home advertising -- Pre-cut manufacturing processes -- How prefabricated homes were assembled -- Catalogue homes in company towns -- SECTION II: NATIONAL PERIOD, 1900-1920: Survivals -- Revivals -- New American homes -- SECTION III: ACADEMIC PERIOD, 1920-1941: Modern Tudor revivals -- Modern Colonial revivals -- Twilight academic period styles -- Vernacular homes -- Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- Designs and plans -- Catalogs.
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Mail-order business -- United States -- Catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Davis, Michael W. R., 1931-
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| ISBN |
0814320058 |
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0814320066 paperback |
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