Suburban Plots: Men at Home in Nineteenth-Century American Print Culture

by Maura D'Amore

In the middle of the nineteenth century, as Americans contended with rapid industrial and technological change, readers relied on periodicals and books for information about their changing world. Within this print culture, a host of writers, editors, architects, and reformers urged men to commute to and from their jobs in the city, which was commonly associated with overcrowding, disease, and expense. Through a range of materials, from pattern books...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625340958
• ISBN13: 9781625340955
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher