- History, Suburbs, Social conditions, Housing
Throughout history, the treatment and arrangement of shelter have revealed more about a particular people than have any other products of the creative arts. This book is about American housing.
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Cool, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Kenneth T. Jackson
- First published
- 1985
- Pages
- 396
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford University Press
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780195132878
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