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High Country Summers: The Early Second Homes of Colorado, 18801940
Melanie Shellenbarger
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Description for High Country Summers: The Early Second Homes of Colorado, 18801940
Hardcover. "High Country Summers "considers the emergence of the summer home in Colorado s Rocky Mountains as both an architectural and a cultural phenomenon. Writing with affection and insight, Melanie Shellenbarger shows that these summer residences crossed boundaries of class, race, and gender and helped shape our ideas about the American West." Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; AMK; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
High Country Summers considers the emergence of the ""summer home"" in Colorado's Rocky Mountains as both an architectural and a cultural phenomenon. It offers a welcome new perspective on an often-overlooked dwelling and lifestyle. Writing with affection and insight, Melanie Shellenbarger shows that Colorado's early summer homes were not only enjoyed by the privileged and wealthy but crossed boundaries of class, race, and gender. They offered their inhabitants recreational and leisure experiences as well as opportunities for individual re-invention - and they helped shape both the cultural landscapes of the American West and our ideas about it. Shellenbarger focuses on ... Read more
High Country Summers considers the emergence of the ""summer home"" in Colorado's Rocky Mountains as both an architectural and a cultural phenomenon. It offers a welcome new perspective on an often-overlooked dwelling and lifestyle. Writing with affection and insight, Melanie Shellenbarger shows that Colorado's early summer homes were not only enjoyed by the privileged and wealthy but crossed boundaries of class, race, and gender. They offered their inhabitants recreational and leisure experiences as well as opportunities for individual re-invention - and they helped shape both the cultural landscapes of the American West and our ideas about it. Shellenbarger focuses on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816529582
SKU
V9780816529582
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Ref
99-15
About Melanie Shellenbarger
Melanie Shellenbarger is an architectural historian and faculty member in the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado, Denver.
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