Entrée principale:

Beasley, Ellen.

Titre et auteur:

The alleys and back buildings of Galveston : an architectural and social history / Ellen Beasley.

Édition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Houston, Tex. : Rice University Press, ©1996.

Description:

ix, 170 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-160) and index.
Introduction. Views and interviews -- 1. In view ... on the backside: the Pre-Civil War years -- 2. Independent of the front house: the Post-Civil War years -- 3. From privies to prostitution: the 1870s and 1880s -- 4. Living "in the rear" -- 5. Owning alley property -- 6. Devastation and reconstruction: the 1900 hurricane -- 7. Change along the alley: technology and housing reform -- 8. Alleyscapes -- 9. Stepping into the yard: service buildings and back houses -- 10. Stepping into the alley: alley houses -- 11. Speaking of alleys and back buildings ... Reconstructing Alley Households.

Résumé:

Interweaving written documents, oral interviews, and pictorial images, Beasley presents a vivid picture of Galveston's alleys and alley life from the founding of the city into the twentieth century. The book blends a unique combination of research, photography, and the voices of those who have lived and live along the alleys. Beasley has uncovered and analyzed a wealth of new information not only about the back buildings of Galveston but also about their occupants and the complex cultural forces at work in their lives. The result is a significant contribution to the fields of architectural and urban history as well as to African American studies.

ISBN:

089263328X
9780892633289

Sujet:

Outbuildings Texas Galveston.
Architecture and society Texas Galveston History.
African Americans Texas Galveston History.
Dépendances Texas Galveston.
Architecture et société Texas Galveston Histoire.
Noirs américains Texas Galveston Histoire.
African Americans.
Architecture and society.
Buildings.
Outbuildings.
Galveston (Tex.) History.
Galveston (Tex.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Texas Galveston.
African Americans History Texas Galveston
Alleys Texas Galveston
Architecture and society History Texas Galveston

Classification/genre:

Printed books 20th century United States Texas Houston Specimens.
History.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 190611
Cote: ID NA8301.B4; ID:96-B1137
Statut: Disponible