A Concise History of American Architecture

by Roth, Leland M.

• ISBN13: 9780064300865
• ISBN10: 0064300862
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1980-10-14
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

Explores the factors and influences that have enriched American architecture throughout its development from colonial times to the present, covering houses, apartments, factories, and office buildings and the architects who designed them

Author Biography

Leland M. Roth is Marion Dean Ross Professor of Architectural History at the University of Oregon at Eugene. He is the author of American Architecture: A History; A Concise History of American Architecture; McKim, Mead & White, Architects; and other works. He lives in Eugene, Oregon.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xxv
the Land and First Homes	p. 1
Transpantations in the New World: 1600-1785	p. 28
Building a New Nation: 1785-1820	p. 53
the Lure of the Past, the Promise of the Future: 1820-1865	p. 85
Age of Enterprise: 1865-1885	p. 126
Urbanism and the Search for Order: 1885-1915	p. 172
Dichotomy: Tradition and Avant Garde: 1915-1940	p. 228
Pure Function, Pure Form: 1940-1970	p. 274
Epilogue: Pluralism in the 1970s	p. 333
Style Chronology	p. 360
Glossary	p. 363
Bibliography	p. 374
Index	p. 382
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