Town House: Architecture and Material Life in the Early American City, 1780-1830

by Bernard L. Herman

Book Overview

In this abundantly illustrated volume, Bernard Herman provides a history of urban dwellings and the people who built and lived in them in early America. In the eighteenth century, cities were constant objects of idealization, often viewed as the outward manifestations of an organized, civil society. As the physical objects that composed the largest portion of urban settings, town houses contained and signified different aspects of city life, argues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469633523
• ISBN13: 9781469633527
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 9.0"