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Autore |
Hubka Thomas C. <1946-> |
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Titolo |
How the working-class home became modern, 1900–1940 / / Thomas C. Hubka |
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Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2021 |
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©2021 |
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ISBN |
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1-4529-6408-4 |
0-8166-9301-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Architecture, landscape, and American culture series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Working class - Dwellings |
Social conditions |
Domestic space |
Cost and standard of living |
Domestic space - United States - History |
Working class - Dwellings - United States - History |
Cost and standard of living - United States - History |
History |
United States |
United States Social conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : Housing and domestic reform from a middle-majority perspective -- Headwinds to researching common houses : eleven prevailing themes -- Two worlds apart : domestic conditions at the turn of the twentieth century -- Modern houses for a new middle class : new standards of living -- The dwellings of modern domestic reform : cottages, duplexes, multi-units, and remodeled houses -- Domestic life transformed : how the working class became middle-class in housing -- Epilogue : response to working-class improvement. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The transformation of average Americans' domestic lives, revealed through the mechanical innovations and physical improvements of their homes"-- |
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