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Suburban Plots
Maura D'Amore
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Description for Suburban Plots
Paperback. Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
In the middle of the nineteenth century, as Americans contended with rapid industrial and technological change, readers relied on periodicals and books for information about their changing world. Within this print culture, a host of writers, editors, architects, and reformers urged men to commute to and from their jobs in the city, which was commonly associated with overcrowding, disease, and expense. Through a range of materials, from pattern books to novels and a variety of periodicals, men were told of the restorative effects on body and soul of the natural environment, found in the emerging suburbs outside cities such as ... Read more
In the middle of the nineteenth century, as Americans contended with rapid industrial and technological change, readers relied on periodicals and books for information about their changing world. Within this print culture, a host of writers, editors, architects, and reformers urged men to commute to and from their jobs in the city, which was commonly associated with overcrowding, disease, and expense. Through a range of materials, from pattern books to novels and a variety of periodicals, men were told of the restorative effects on body and soul of the natural environment, found in the emerging suburbs outside cities such as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625340955
SKU
V9781625340955
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Ref
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About Maura D'Amore
Maura D’Amore is assistant professor of English at Saint Michael’s College.
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