Styles and types of North American architecture : social function and cultural expression

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Styles and types of North American architecture : social function and cultural expression

Alan Gowans

IconEditions, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993

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A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1992 by HarperCollins Publishers.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • Utilitarian building : infrastructure of civilization
  • Colonies and colonial styles
  • An Arcadian land and its classical revival styles, c. 1800-1840
  • Reaction, nostalgia, protest : Gothic revival styles, c. 1820-c. 1860
  • Picturesque imagery of a commercial republic, c. 1845-c. 1885
  • A world power and its academic architecture, c. 1890-c. 1930
  • American imperial modern, c. 1950-c. 1980
  • An imperial underground : popular/commercial styles in architecture and furniture, 1940s-1980s
  • New opportunities and expectations : postmodern styles, c. 1975-

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