Status
Available
Call number
Publication
The University of North Carolina Press (1986), Edition: New edition, 297 pages
Description
In the nineteenth century, architects and family reformers launched promotional campaigns portraying houses no longer as simply physical structures in which families lived but as emblems for family cohesiveness and identity. Clark explains why, despite the fear of standardization and homogenization, the middle class has persisted in viewing the single-family home as the main symbol of independence as as the distinguishing sign of having achieved middle-class status.
Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1986-09-12
Physical description
297 p.; 11 inches
ISBN
0807816752 / 9780807816752
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