The domesticated Americans / by Russell Lynes.

Main entry:

Lynes, Russell, 1910-1991, author.

Title & Author:

The domesticated Americans / by Russell Lynes.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Description:

xii, 308 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
"Sources and acknowledgments": pages 293-295.
Pt. 1: Manners, hovels, and houses -- What this book is about -- The movers -- A far cry from architecture -- Home away from home -- The domesticators -- The hatrack -- Pt. 2: Downstairs, below stairs, upstairs -- The kitchen -- The parlor -- Below stairs -- The dining room -- The bedroom and the bath -- The living room indoors and out -- Pt. 3: Manners and style -- Today's house and tomorrow's -- The Americans at home.

Summary:

Americans at home - their houses, manners, amusements - from the time of President Jackson to the present.

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic United States.
Home.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Foyer.
asylums (welfare buildings)
Architecture, Domestic.
Manners and customs.
United States Social life and customs.
États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes.
United States.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 15900
Call No.: W13001; ID:87-B15972
Status: Available

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