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Explores the design and marketing of postwar houses in the US. James A. Jacobs shows how these houses physically document national trends in domestic space and record a remarkably uniform spatial evolution that can be traced throughout the country.

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“Detached America examines closely the issues of housing that most adults are familiar with—the ranch house, the split level, informal living—but for the first time, these architectural forms are investigated in detail and placed within a rich social and cultural history.” —Andrew Dolkart, Columbia University

Detached America Building Houses in Postwar

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      Publisher: University of Virginia Press
      Publication Date: 30/09/2015
      ISBN13: 9780813937618, 978-0813937618
      ISBN10: 0813937612
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      Book Synopsis
      Explores the design and marketing of postwar houses in the US. James A. Jacobs shows how these houses physically document national trends in domestic space and record a remarkably uniform spatial evolution that can be traced throughout the country.

      Trade Review
      “Detached America examines closely the issues of housing that most adults are familiar with—the ranch house, the split level, informal living—but for the first time, these architectural forms are investigated in detail and placed within a rich social and cultural history.” —Andrew Dolkart, Columbia University

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