Peeking Through the Keyhole: The Evolution of North American Homes

McGill University scholars Friedman (Affordable Homes Program) and Krawitz (architecture) look at transformations in North American domiciles since the end of World War II, a period that saw the mass popularization of the automobile and the rise of suburbia; the growth of the modern homebuilding industry; and the emergence of social and cultural phenomena as diverse as consumerism, reliable birth control, and television. There are no illustrations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author(s): Avi Friedman, David Krawitz
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2002
Pages: 230
Categories: Architecture