The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, 1625-1725

The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, 1625-1725

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Book Description
In a rich blend of architectural and social history, Abbott Lowell Cummings reconstructs some of our nation's first houses. This is a splendid story of innovations, of restless, migratory people and their architectural and social responses to their environment. It is the first chapter in the long saga of America's preoccupation with technology, showing how it affected the early American home.

About the Author
Abbott Lowell Cummings was Executive Director of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities and a member of the faculty at Antioch College, Boston University, and Yale University.

The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, 1625-1725,Abbott Lowell Cummings,Belknap Press,0674316819,17th century,18th century,Architecture,Domestic,General,History,History - General,History: American,Massachusetts,Modern Architecture,U.S. Architecture - General,United States - State & Local - General,Wooden-frame houses,Architecture / General,Residential buildings, domestic buildings,Social history,USA,c 1600 to c 1700,c 1700 to c 1800

Book Contents:

1. The Garden Room : Bringing Nature Indoors
2. The Grow Home
3. The Hacienda in Mexico (Roger Fullington Series in Architecture)
4. The Hogan: The Traditional Navajo Home
5. The Houses of St. Augustine
6. The Houses That Sears Built; Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sears Catalog Homes
7. The Roman House and Social Identity
8. The Royal Palaces of Spain
9. The Wittgenstein House
10. Three California Houses : The Homes of Max Palevsky

Book Contents

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