{"product_id":"the-philadelphia-country-house-9781421411637","title":"The Philadelphia Country House","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighlighting an important aspect of American historic architecture, this handsome volume is illustrated with nearly 150 photographs, more than 60 line drawings, and two color galleries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of them stick in the minds of locals as place names, street names, or both - Belmont, Lansdowne, Stenton, Mount Pleasant. But they started as country houses, well-to-do Philadelphians' answer to English manor houses. You can read all about them and get a good look at them - inside and out - in this very handsome and informative book. Philadelphia Inquirer In this illuminating and handsomely illustrated volume, Mark Reinberger, a senior architectural historian, and Elizabeth McLean, an accomplished scholar of landscape history, examine the country houses that the urban gentry built on the outskirts of Philadelphia in response to both local and international economic forces, social imperatives, and fashion. Magnolia The Philadelphia Country House is the most complete study ever of the city's colonial rural residences. It is likely to remain the definitive word on its subject in the pre-Revolutionary period in Philadelphia's orbit for a long time to come. The volume has been years in the making, and the wealth and depth of information from archival sources and surviving sites that the authors have deployed here is prodigious. This well-illustrated volume includes current photographs complemented by numerous reproductions of historic images, as well as new analytical architectural drawings. Pennsylvania Heritage Colonial Americans did, of course, emulate English architecture and society, yet they created new forms suitable for life in America. Nowhere is the tension better seen than in the bourgeois estates built by wealthy Colonists on the fringes of Philadelphia. Many of these houses still stand, in landscapes that retain much of their history. Through them, we learn about American versions of the classics. In a new book, architectural historian Mark Reinberger and Elizabeth Mclean, an accomplished scholar of landscape history, examine these country houses that nevertheless exhibited city manners. Early Homes This scholarly achievement by Reinberger and McLean is a significant addition to American architecture studies... Recommended for specialists in American architecture and Philadelphia area studies and as a model of architectural and landscape scholarship. Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNote to Reader\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Bourgeois Country House in England\u003cbr\u003eThe Changing Nature of the English Gentry\u003cbr\u003eThe Rearrangement of the House\u003cbr\u003eCountry House and Town House\u003cbr\u003eThe Compact House in the Seventeenth Century\u003cbr\u003eSeventeenth-Century English Landscape and Gardens\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Reform\" of Eighteenth-Century English Architecture and Lands\u003cbr\u003e2. The Bourgeois Country House in the Colonies\u003cbr\u003eColonial Architecture at Pennsylvania's Founding\u003cbr\u003eThe Later Colonial Bourgeois Country House\u003cbr\u003eThe Colonial Landscape\u003cbr\u003e3. The Rise of the Philadelphia Country House\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Penn and the Country Life\u003cbr\u003eThe Lure of the Country in the First Generation, 1682–1722\u003cbr\u003eHiatus in the 1730s\u003cbr\u003e4. Fulfillment in the Middle and Late Colonial Periods\u003cbr\u003eA New Generation of Country Seats\u003cbr\u003eThe Proliferation of Country Seats in the 1740s and 1750s\u003cbr\u003eThe General Character and Use of Country Seats at Midcentury\u003cbr\u003eThe Flowering of the 1760s and Denouement in the 1770s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. The Process of Design and Building\u003cbr\u003eDesign and Drawing\u003cbr\u003eThe Process of Building\u003cbr\u003eLabor\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cbr\u003eElements of Landscape and Architecture\u003cbr\u003eLandscape\u003cbr\u003eArchitectural Exteriors\u003cbr\u003eInteriors\u003cbr\u003eFraming\u003cbr\u003eUrban and Rural\u003cbr\u003e7. Organizing the Fabric\u003cbr\u003eProportion\u003cbr\u003eHierarchy\u003cbr\u003eRoom Use and Parade\u003cbr\u003e8. The Logic of Service Spaces\u003cbr\u003eService Spaces\u003cbr\u003eThe Working Landscape and Agriculture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Diversity in the First Generation of Country Houses\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Penn's Pennsbury Manor\u003cbr\u003eFairhill\u003cbr\u003eBelair\u003cbr\u003eFountain Low (Later Graeme Park)\u003cbr\u003e10. Establishing an Architectural Norm\u003cbr\u003eStenton\u003cbr\u003eThe Progeny of Stenton, Especially Hope Lodge\u003cbr\u003e11. The New Ideal of the Villa\u003cbr\u003eSpringettsbury\u003cbr\u003eBush Hill\u003cbr\u003eBelmont\u003cbr\u003eThe New Ideal of Retirement\u003cbr\u003e12. An Explosion and Variety of Country Houses at Midcentury\u003cbr\u003eWoodford\u003cbr\u003eThe Jacob Marks House and Whitby Hall\u003cbr\u003eCedar Grove, The Cliffs, Grumblethorpe, Mount Airy, Bartram's House and Garden\u003cbr\u003eFountain Low to Graeme Park\u003cbr\u003e13. The Flowering of the 1760s\u003cbr\u003eMount Pleasant\u003cbr\u003ePort Royal\u003cbr\u003eCliveden\u003cbr\u003e14. Denouement\u003cbr\u003eLaurel Hill\u003cbr\u003eWaln Grove\u003cbr\u003eSummerseat\u003cbr\u003eThe Deshler-Morris House\u003cbr\u003eThe Thomas Mifflin House (with an Aside on Smith's Octagon)\u003cbr\u003eChalkley Hall\u003cbr\u003eThe Hills\u003cbr\u003eLansdowne\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eEssay on Sources\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529528516951,"sku":"9781421411637","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421411637.jpg?v=1731875968","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-philadelphia-country-house-9781421411637","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}