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UNINA9910825677703321 |
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Autore |
Jacobs James A. <1974-> |
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Titolo |
Detached America : building houses in postwar suburbia / / James A. Jacobs |
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Charlottesville : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2015 |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 pages) |
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Collana |
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MidCentury : Architecture, Landscape, Urbanism, and Design |
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Soggetti |
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Construction industry - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
Suburban life - United States - History - 20th century |
Suburban homes - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
Home ownership - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
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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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The housing industry reinvented -- The imagined consumer -- Livability in the minimum house -- Casual living -- The zoned house. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This vast and long-lived collaboration between government and business--fueled by millions of homeowners--established the financial mechanisms, consumer framework, domestic ideologies, and architectural precedents that permanently altered the geographic and demographic landscape of the nation. |
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