Main entry:

Lupkin, Paula.

Title & Author:

Manhood factories : YMCA architecture and the making of modern urban culture / Paula Lupkin.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.

Description:

xxiv, 253 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm.

Series:

Architecture, landscape, and American culture series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index.
Introduction: the YMCA and the cultural landscape of modernity -- Reconciling morality and mammon: a Christian club for clerks -- Inventing the YMCA building -- Accepting the call to build: architectural evangelism on Main Street -- Bedrooms, billiards, and basketball: retooling the YMCA -- From Greensboro to China: YMCA architecture as international business -- Influences radiate.

ISBN:

9780816648344 (hc ; alk. paper)
0816648344 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780816648351 (pb ; alk. paper)
0816648352 (pb ; alk. paper)

Subject:

YMCA of the USA Buildings.
YMCA of the USA
World Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations
Architecture Moral and ethical aspects United States.
Architecture and society United States.
Space (Architecture) United States.
Architecture et société États-Unis.
Espace (Architecture) États-Unis.
Architecture Aspect moral États-Unis.
Architecture and society
Architecture Moral and ethical aspects
Buildings
Space (Architecture)
Architektur
Männlichkeit
United States
USA

Added entries:

Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266595
Call No.: BIB 198532
Status: Available