Ranches, Rowhouses, and Railroad Flats: American Homes: How They Shape Our Landscapes and Neighborhoods

by Christine Hunter

Book Overview

An introduction to housing in the United States: its characteristic forms and its environmental implications. What are the basic requirements for a home? Christine Hunter looks at how legal, cultural, and technological standards have developed, and examines current criteria for a "minimum standard" family home, in three possible forms: freestanding house, attached house, and apartment. She discusses interior spaces, connections to the immediate outdoors,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393730255
• ISBN13: 9780393730258
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"