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Author	Herman, Bernard L., 1951-
Title	Town house : architecture and material life in the early American city, 1780-1830 / Bernard L. Herman.
Publication Info.	Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, c2005.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 12	720.973 H	IN LIBRARY

Description	xviii, 295 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-287) and index.
Contents	Urban settings: houses and housing in the early American city -- The merchant family's house -- The burgher's dilemma -- The servants' quarter -- The widow's dower -- The shipwright's lodgings -- A traveler's portmanteau -- A poetical city.
Subject	Row houses -- United States.
	Architecture -- United States -- 18th century.
	Architecture -- United States -- 19th century.
	Dwellings -- Social aspects -- United States.
Added Author	Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
Added Title	Architecture and material life in the early American city, 1780-1830
ISBN	0807829919 (cloth : alk. paper)

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