Building the Dream by Gwendolyn Wright, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

The evolution of housing in America. This book is concerned essentially with the model of domestic environment in this country, as it has evolved from colonial architecture through current urban projects. Beginning with Puritan townscape, topics include urban row housing, Big House and slave quarters, factory housing, rural cottages, Victorian suburbs, urban tenements, apartment life, bungalows, company towns, planned residential communities, public housing for the poor, suburban sprawl. | Building the Dream by Gwendolyn Wright, Paperback | Indigo Chapters