Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-331) and index.
Contents
Introduction : my porch and welcome to it -- ch. 1. As American as ancient Greece and Imperial Rome -- ch. 2. Loggia logic, Renaissance roots -- ch. 3. Out of Africa -- ch. 4. Or was it out of India -- ch. 5. Or was it out of Italy -- ch. 6. From the old world to the new -- ch. 7. George's piazza and Tom's portico -- ch. 8. Early days of an icon -- ch. 9. Getting into print -- ch. 10. Ubiquity -- ch. 11. Glory days -- ch. 12. Teeter -- ch. 13. Totter -- ch. 14. Fall -- ch. 15. Rise again -- ch. 16. Revival.