| Description |
1 online resource ; illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CHRONOLOGY -- Introduction -- 1: Six Plans -- 2: Constraints -- 3: Facades -- 4: Health and Comfort -- 5: Building and Selling -- 6: Owning and Renting -- Epilogue -- APPENDIX: Building Regulations, 1791 -- NOTE ON SOURCES -- NOTES -- INDEX |
| Summary |
"Delving into one of the most intimate aspects of people's lives-their home-and placing it in the larger context of historical forces, this book shows row houses to be both personal and public. The row house was the most popular form of housing in Washington, and its examination reveals it to be a rich environment for understanding change-social, racial, technological, economic, and stylistic"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 21, 2023) |
| Subject |
Row houses -- Washington (D.C.) -- History
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Architecture, Domestic -- Washington (D.C.) -- History
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Architecture and society -- Washington (D.C.) -- History
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ARCHITECTURE / History / General
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Architecture and society
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Architecture, Domestic
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Row houses
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Washington (D.C.)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2022035689 |
| ISBN |
9780813949468 |
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0813949467 |
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