At home in the city : urban domesticity in American literature and culture, 1850-1930

Author:

Klimasmith, Elizabeth, 1969-

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Hanover : University Press of New England ; Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press, c2005

Subject:

American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
Domestic fiction, American - History and criticism
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Architecture, Domestic - United States
Architecture, Domestic, in literature
City and town life - United States
City and town life in literature
Dwellings in literature
Families in literature
Home in literature

ISBN:

9781584654964, 1584654961, 9781584654971, 158465497X, 9781584654964 (alk. paper), 1584654961 (alk. paper), 9781584654971 (pbk. : alk. paper), and 158465497X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Series:

Becoming modern

Description:

xii, 293 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-273) and index

Contents:

Architectural determinism and the industrial city in The Blithedale Romance and Ruth Hall -- The city's drawing-room : spatial practice in The Bostonians and Central Park -- The tenement home : pushing the city's limits -- The apartment as utopia : reimagining the city, reconstructing the home -- From artifact to investment : hotel homes, the economics of luxury, and the custom of the country -- The paradox of intimacy : mobility, sociology, and the function of home in Quicksand

Collection:

BGC Monograph Stacks

Call Number:

PS374.D57 K57 2005

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