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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822019503321

Autore

Herman Bernard L. <1951->

Titolo

Town house : architecture and material life in the early American city, 1780-1830 / / Bernard L. Herman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia by the University of North Carolina Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

979-88-908715-5-8

1-4696-0116-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Disciplina

307.3/3616/097309033

Soggetti

Row houses - United States

Dwellings - Social aspects - United States

Architecture - United States - History - 18th century

Architecture - United States - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Urban settings: houses and housing in the early American city -- The merchant family's house -- The burgher's dilemma -- The servants' quarter -- The widow's dower -- The shipwright's lodgings -- A traveler's portmanteau -- A poetical city.