| Description |
xv, 525 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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 -- Guidebooks.
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United States -- Guidebooks.
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| Added Author |
McAlester, A. Lee (Arcie Lee), 1933-
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| ISBN |
0394739698 (pbk.) : $19.95 |
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0394510321 |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 830095349 |
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