From yard to garden : the domestication of America's home grounds / Christopher Grampp.
From yard to garden : the domestication of America's home grounds / Christopher Grampp.
From yard to garden : the domestication of America's home grounds / Christopher Grampp.
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Publisher
Chicago, Ill. : Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N712.60973/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxiii, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
From dooryard to urban yard -- The front yard beautiful -- The back yard sanctified -- The modern yard emerges -- A back yard family room -- The suburban yard under fire -- California and the inside-out house -- Sunset magazine and the outdoor room -- A private world -- Garden or desert? -- The comm...
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Publisher
Chicago, Ill. : Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago, 2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"Grampp traces the ways that Americans have shaped their yards in response to national shifts in the economy, from an agricultural to an industrial base, to changing notions of suburbanization and related zoning practices, to the growth of city services, and to a baby boom after World War II that firmly established the single-family house and yard...
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From yard to garden : the domestication of America's home grounds / Christopher Grampp.
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Center books on American places ; 13.
aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-269) and index.
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N712.60973/2
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74VMbmNOeNxZ
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ISBN
9781930066748
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712.60973
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991000709139702626
