Davis, Charles L., II.

Building Character : The Racial Politics of Modern Architectural Style / Charles L., II Davis and Charles L. Davis. - First edition - 1 online resource (288 pages) - Culture Politics and the Built Environment Ser. . - Culture Politics and the Built Environment Ser. .

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Racialization of Architectural Character in the Long Nineteenth Century -- Part I. The Aryan Character Of Alpine Architecture -- 1. Campfires In The Salon: Viollet-le-Duc and the Modernization of the Aryan Hut -- 2. Beyond The Primitive Hut: Gottfried Semper and the Material Embodiment of Germanic Character -- Part II. The Whiteness Of American Architecture -- 3. The Search For An American Architecture: Louis Sullivan and the Physiognomic Translation of American Character -- 4. When Public Housing Was White: William Lescaze and the Americanization of the International Style -- Conclusion: Race, Nature, and Nation in Postwar American Architecture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Architecture and race--History--19th century.
Architecture and race--20th century.
Architecture and society.--19th century.
Architecture and society.--20th century.


Electronic books.

NA2543.R37 / D38 2019

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