Building lives : constructing rites and passages / Neil Harris.
Building lives : constructing rites and passages / Neil Harris.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1999.
Call Numbers
N720/37
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
ix, 198 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Contents
1. Meeting the World -- 2. Signs of Life -- 3. Saying Good-Bye.
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1999.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c1999.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Conception and birth, growth and maturity, aging and death - these are important moments in the human life story. They are also stages in the existence of a building, says the author of this unconventional history of the rituals and practices that surround built structures in America. Drawing on sources as varied as Masonic manuals, promotional bro...
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Full title
Building lives : constructing rites and passages / Neil Harris.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-187) and index.
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Call Numbers
N720/37
Record Identifier
74VvWXgWpxbM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvWXgWpxbM
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ISBN
0300070454 (alk. paper)
9780300070453 (alk. paper)
DDC
720
MMS ID
991011985159702626
