The Unfinished But Habitable Home
Title | The Unfinished But Habitable Home PDF eBook |
Author | William Monroe Shenkel |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 104 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | Housing |
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The Unfinished But Habitable Home
Title | The Unfinished But Habitable Home PDF eBook |
Author | William M. Shenkel |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 86 |
Release | 1965 |
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Building a Market
Title | Building a Market PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Harris |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | 446 |
Release | 2012-08-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0226317684 |
A unique study of how the American Dream came to be—and came to be constantly updated and renovated: ”A pleasure to read.”—American Historical Review Each year, North Americans spend as much money fixing up their homes as they do buying new ones. This obsession with improving our dwellings has given rise to a multibillion-dollar industry that includes countless books, magazines, cable shows, and home improvement stores. Building a Market charts the rise of the home improvement industry in the United States and Canada from the end of World War I into the late 1950s. Drawing on the insights of business, social, and urban historians, and making use of a wide range of documentary sources, Richard Harris shows how the middle-class preference for home ownership first emerged in the 1920s—and how manufacturers, retailers, and the federal government combined to establish the massive home improvement market and a pervasive culture of Do-It-Yourself. Deeply insightful, Building a Market is the carefully crafted history of the emergence and evolution of a home improvement revolution that changed not just American culture but the American landscape as well. “An important topic that deserves to be widely read by scholars of business history, urban history, and social history.”—Journal of American History
Housing Markets
Title | Housing Markets PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Total Pages | 44 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Housing |
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Housing and Planning References
Title | Housing and Planning References PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Total Pages | 80 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | City planning |
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Bibliography on Housing, Building and Planning for Use of Overseas Missions of the United States Agency for International Development
Title | Bibliography on Housing, Building and Planning for Use of Overseas Missions of the United States Agency for International Development PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Library |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Building |
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Title | Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications PDF eBook |
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Release | 1966 |
Genre | Government publications |
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