Traces the evolution of the modern American dream house from
seventeenth-century England to the present.
ARCHITECTURE AND SUBURBIA: From English Villa to American Dream House,
1690-2000
John Archer
University of Minnesota Press | 448 pages | 2005
ISBN 0-8166-4303-2 | hardcover | $39.95
John Archer argues that the ideal house is rooted in notions of privacy,
property, and selfhood that are the foundation of the American nation and
identity. From Enlightenment philosophy to rap lyrics, from the rise of a
mercantile economy to discussions over neighborhoods, sprawl, and gated
communities, Architecture and Suburbia addresses the past, present, and
future of the American dream house.
³John Archer shows that the suburban house and landscape raise the most
profound issues of 'self, identity, gender, and relation to family and
society.' Archer is both a compelling theorist and an adventurous
researcher.² <Robert Fishman
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webpage:
http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/A/archer_architecture.html
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