Houses and Homes: Exploring Their History
- ISBN-10
- 0761989293
- ISBN-13
- 9780761989295
- Series
- Houses and Homes
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 168
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman Altamira
- Author
- Barbara J. Howe
Description
This volume in the Nearby History series helps the reader document the history of a home. The reader will learn to examine written records, oral testimonies, visual sources, and the house's surroundings. The author covers American housing patterns, the individual characteristics of houses in different regions, construction techniques and materials, household technology, and family life styles. Houses and Homes is Volume 2 in The Nearby History Series.
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