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Author

Davis, Charles L., 1943- author.

Title Building character : the racial politics of modern architectural style / Charles L. Davis II.

Published

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]


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Location	Call No.	Status
UniM INTERNET Resource		AVAILABLE

Physical description	1 online resource ( xi, 275 pages.)
Series	Culture, politics, and the built environment
	Culture, politics, and the built environment.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : the racialization of architectural character in the long nineteenth century -- part I. The Aryan character of Alpine architecture -- Campfires in the salon : Viollet-le-Duc and the modernization of the Aryan hut -- Beyond the primitive hut : Gottfried Semper and the material embodiment of Germanic character -- part II . The whiteness of American architecture -- The search for an American architecture : Louis Sullivan and the physiognomic translation of American character -- When public housing was white : William Lescaze and the Americanization of the International Style -- Conclusion : race, nature, and nation in postwar American architecture.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Notes	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 09, 2020).
Other author	JSTOR (Organization)
Subject	Architecture and race -- History -- 19th century.
	Architecture and race -- History -- 20th century.
	Architecture and society -- History -- 19th century.
	Architecture and society -- History -- 20th century.
	Architecture -- Psychological aspects.
	Democracy and architecture.
Local series	JSTOR
ISBN	9780822986638 electronic book
	0822986639 electronic book
	9780822945550

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