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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Annmarie Adams , Annmarie AdamsPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press Volume: v. 4 Weight: 0.531kg ISBN: 9780773513860ISBN 10: 0773513868 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 23 April 1996 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsThe International Health Exhibition of 1884; doctors and architects; female regulation of the healthy home; childbirth at home; domestic architecture and Victorian feminism.ReviewsAdams's argument is original, insightful, and provides a very different way of understanding architecture from the modes usually employed by architectural historians. Architecture in the Family Way is a very smart, intellectually inventive, and well-written demonstration of how architecture is implicated in a broad array of social changes. Elizabeth Cromley, School of Architecture, SUNY Buffalo. An extremely interesting subject. Adams has successfully brought together three distinct themes: the history of domestic architecture, the development of the hygiene movement, and the involvement of women in promoting the healthy home. I recommend the book most highly. Tanis Hinchcliffe, School of Architecture, University of Westminster. Adams's argument is original, insightful, and provides a very different way of understanding architecture from the modes usually employed by architectural historians. Architecture in the Family Way is a very smart, intellectually inventive, and well-written demonstration of how architecture is implicated in a broad array of social changes. Elizabeth Cromley, School of Architecture, SUNY Buffalo. An extremely interesting subject. Adams has successfully brought together three distinct themes: the history of domestic architecture, the development of the hygiene movement, and the involvement of women in promoting the healthy home. I recommend the book most highly. Tanis Hinchcliffe, School of Architecture, University of Westminster. Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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