Southern Built: American Architecture, Regional Practice

by Catherine W. Bishir

Book Overview

A leader in the fields of both regional architectural history and historic preservation, Catherine Bishir has collected essays covering three decades into one volume. Just as the subjects of her studies are at once regional and national, the essays included here seek to think globally while researching locally. What one observes in the architecture of the Upper South happens throughout the nation: national models, far from being slavishly adopted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813925398
• ISBN13: 9780813925394
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"