Since the early nineteenth century, an unusually rich and varied array of housing stock has been created in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Washington has harbored numerous private-sector initiatives to develop model housing projects, and it has also been a proving ground for federal policies crafted to improve living conditions for households of middle and moderate income. In addition, the large, middle-class African American population has left a distinct imprint on the metropolitan area's domestic landscape, ...
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Since the early nineteenth century, an unusually rich and varied array of housing stock has been created in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Washington has harbored numerous private-sector initiatives to develop model housing projects, and it has also been a proving ground for federal policies crafted to improve living conditions for households of middle and moderate income. In addition, the large, middle-class African American population has left a distinct imprint on the metropolitan area's domestic landscape, developing its own options for housing in city and suburb alike. Profusely illustrated, with thirteen chapters by fourteen esteemed authors, Housing Washington examines the storied legacy of residential development in our nation's capital, from the early nineteenth century to the present. By focusing on a wide variety of mainstream patterns and interweaving the threads of convention and change as well as those of race and class, this book offers a fresh perspective on metropolitan dwelling places and breaks new ground in urban studies and architectural and planning history.
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Add this copy of Housing Washington: Two Centuries of Residential to cart. $40.00, fair condition, Sold by Premium Classics rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chemung, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by The Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago.
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Fair. No dust jacket. COVER (hardcover without dust jacket, as issued? )-medium wear including minor tears/dents on edges; slight stains on bookstore barcode label on back, otherwise clean. PAGES-underlinings and notes on several pages; small stains on outside edge and blank areas inside front/back, interior clean; creases on few pages, small scar/tear on inside of back cover, no other tears. Not ex-library.
Add this copy of Housing Washington: Two Centuries of Residential to cart. $105.00, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago.
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VG/VG (spine ends bumped & crinkled. light wear to boards, edges & corners. dustjacket has light wear & rubbing) Black boards w/ reflective illustrations & color illustrations, white printing. 394 pgs w/ bw illustrations. black dustjacket w/ reflective illustrations & color illustration. "Since the early nineteenth century, an unusually rich and varied array of housing stock has been created in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Washington has harbored numerous private-sector initiatives to develop model housing projects, and it has also been a proving ground for federal policies crafted to improve living conditions for households of middle and moderate income. In addition, the large, middle-class African American population has left a distinct imprint on the metropolitan area's domestic landscape, developing its own options for housing in city and suburb alike. Profusely illustrated, with thirteen chapters by fourteen esteemed authors, Housing Washington examines the storied legacy of residential development in our nation's capital, from the early nineteenth century to the present. By focusing on a wide variety of mainstream patterns and interweaving the threads of convention and change as well as those of race and class, this book offers a fresh perspective on metropolitan dwelling places and breaks new ground in urban studies and architectural and planning history."--Amazon.
