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21 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating as study of both architechture and history.
Wright starts at the beginning and explains how the American experience has effected American architechture, and vice versa. Weaving religious, social and economic conditions into her story of how Americans came to live in the structures that they call home, Wright's book is one of the few "page-turners" that I've encountered among architechture books. It's...
Published on February 16, 1997
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0 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
disappointing
I was attracted to this book because of its title and description. I was looking for anecdotal descriptions of the evolution of housing... don't want to take the time to go back and remind myself why it was dissappointing but I quickly discarded it as not fullfilling my expectations from the title and description
Published on July 4, 2009 by glennyD
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21 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating as study of both architechture and history.,
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This review is from: Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America (Paperback)
Wright starts at the beginning and explains how the American experience has effected American architechture, and vice versa. Weaving religious, social and economic conditions into her story of how Americans came to live in the structures that they call home, Wright's book is one of the few "page-turners" that I've encountered among architechture books. It's indespensible to the student of American history. --David Macia
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good straightforward background to housing,
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This review is from: Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America (Paperback)
Although a little dated, this book provides a good, straightforward, easy to read background on housing in America. It touches on the historical reasons why we prefer the single-family suburban house yet also explores other housing types and their origins.
0 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
disappointing,
This review is from: Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America (Paperback)
I was attracted to this book because of its title and description. I was looking for anecdotal descriptions of the evolution of housing... don't want to take the time to go back and remind myself why it was dissappointing but I quickly discarded it as not fullfilling my expectations from the title and description
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Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America by Gwendolyn Wright (Paperback - April 11, 1983)
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