Entrée principale:

Aslet, Clive, 1955-

Titre et auteur:

The American country house / Clive Aslet.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1990.

Description:

vii, 302 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-290) and index.
Types. The country house as stately home : Biltmore ; "The registers of our very latest days" : withdrawal from the city ; The country house as rural retreat : Olana ; The country house as compromise : Kykuit -- Inspirations. "As nearly as such a thing is possible in the Republic" : the English country gentleman style ; The American-ness of the American country house : practical, convenient, comfortable, efficient ; "Along that green embowered track" : the Philadelphia main line ; "Everything here grows wonderfully" : Winterthur -- Activities. "More fun than a yacht" : the farm beautiful ; "The workable, the expensively workable, American form of country life" : the Berkshires ; "One of the current luxuries that matters" : the architecture of sport ; "By far the most amazing thing in America" : the Adirondacks -- Special conditions. Indoors-outdoors : Florida and California ; Resort and country life : Newport, Bar Harbor, and Jekyll Island -- Envoi. Death in Venice : Viscaya.

ISBN:

0300047576
9780300047578
0300147576

Sujet:

Country homes United States History.
Country homes United States Pictorial works.
Upper class United States History.
Maisons de campagne États-Unis Histoire.
Maisons de campagne États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Classes supérieures États-Unis Histoire.
Country homes
Manners and customs
Upper class
Villa
Landhuizen.
Geschichte (1865-1940)
United States Social life and customs 1865-1918.
United States Social life and customs 1918-1945.
United States.
États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes 1865-1918.
États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes 1918-1945.
USA
Country houses Architecture.

Classification/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Pictorial works
Books.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 56796
Cote: ID:90-B5096
Statut: Disponible