A History of American Architecture: Buildings in Their Cultural and Technological Context - Hardcover

Gelernter, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0874519403 ISBN 13: 9780874519402

Publisher: Univ Pr of New England, 1999

Synopsis

A richly illustrated history of American architecture that explains why particular architectural ideas occurred when and where they did.

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From the Publisher:

7 1/2 x 9 1/4 trim. 191 illus. 84 drawings. 23 plans. 10 maps. LC 98-51812

From the Inside Flap:

“Mark Gelernter has written an expansive interpretation of American architecture that is rooted in intellectual history . . . A provocative book [that provides] a broad understanding of the cultural forces that influence our built environment.”—Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

“A complete history of American architecture would fill a bookcase, but one can gain a strong understanding of this fascinating and challenging subject from this excellent survey, which describes American architecture in ten chronologically ordered chapters . . . By providing a global framework for American architecture, it guides the reader to evaluate the influence of major cultural events on architecture and provides the basis for understanding the ongoing search for an American architectural style. The author ties the broad picture of the development of American architecture to specific places and times by opening each chapter with a map of North America that illustrates major geopolitical, economic, and cultural events . . . The strengths of this book, and its contributions to the study of American architecture, lie in its broad description of the history of American architecture, including a thorough explanation of the architecture of the first civilizations of North America; its parallel exploration of the development of the architecture of Native Americans, Europeans, and Americans; its excellent mixture of photographs and line drawings of buildings throughout history; and its extensive glossary and bibliography. This book is a welcome and serious addition to the literature on the history of American architecture and should find itself on the shelves of scholars, graduate students, and other lovers of architecture.”—APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology

“This significant and needed book provides for the first time a useful and manageable historic framework for survey courses whose purpose is to teach the history of American architecture and not merely its connoisseurship. In a manner noteworthy for its even-handedness and avoidance of quirks of taste, it constructs a comprehensive and accurate historical armature with an architectural perspective on which discussions of specific buildings can readily be hung.”—Glenn Andres, Middlebury College

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Pr of New England
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0874519403
• ISBN 13: 9780874519402
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 346