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Author: Carolyn S. Loeb (Central Michigan University)
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.390kg
ISBN: 9781421433288
ISBN 10: 1421433281
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 31 March 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Loeb should be applauded for telling a complicated story. She successfully makes the realtors, architects, and building-craftsmen agents of physical growth. Loeb also uses careful case studies, but moves beyond them to try to tell a wider story. -Ann Durkin Keating, H-Net Reviews Loeb's useful concept of entrepreneurial vernacular may encourage scholars to pay more attention to the builders and tradesmen whose activities were important in themselves and also constitute an important arena in which the histories of business, labor, and cities intersect. -Richard Harris, Journal of American History Loeb's book helps us understand the roots of a significant trend in American housing after World War II . . . It is well organized and well written. -Ellen Christensen, Michigan Historical Review Entrepreneurial Vernacular is certainly the best and most comprehensive book I have read about the design and development of the modern, large-scale housing subdivision. -Thomas C. Hubka, Urban History
Entrepreneurial Vernacular is certainly the best and most comprehensive book I have read about the design and development of the modern, large-scale housing subdivision. -- Thomas C. Hubka * Urban History * Loeb's book helps us understand the roots of a significant trend in American housing after World War II . . . It is well organized and well written. -- Ellen Christensen * Michigan Historical Review * Loeb's useful concept of entrepreneurial vernacular may encourage scholars to pay more attention to the builders and tradesmen whose activities were important in themselves and also constitute an important arena in which the histories of business, labor, and cities intersect. -- Richard Harris * Journal of American History * Loeb should be applauded for telling a complicated story. She successfully makes the realtors, architects, and building-craftsmen agents of physical growth. Loeb also uses careful case studies, but moves beyond them to try to tell a wider story. -- Ann Durkin Keating * H-Net Reviews *
Loeb should be applauded for telling a complicated story. She successfully makes the realtors, architects, and building-craftsmen agents of physical growth. Loeb also uses careful case studies, but moves beyond them to try to tell a wider story. -- Ann Durkin Keating * H-Net Reviews * Loeb's useful concept of entrepreneurial vernacular may encourage scholars to pay more attention to the builders and tradesmen whose activities were important in themselves and also constitute an important arena in which the histories of business, labor, and cities intersect. -- Richard Harris * Journal of American History * Loeb's book helps us understand the roots of a significant trend in American housing after World War II... It is well organized and well written. -- Ellen Christensen * Michigan Historical Review * Entrepreneurial Vernacular is certainly the best and most comprehensive book I have read about the design and development of the modern, large-scale housing subdivision. -- Thomas C. Hubka * Urban History *
Author Information
Carolyn S. Loeb is an associate professor of art history at Central Michigan University and a contributor to The Encyclopedia of Urban America.
