Search Results for: Making The American Home

The transformation of a house into a home has been in our culture a traditional task of women. The articles examine this process as they reflected the role of A

"In the pivotal decades around the turn of the century, American domestic life underwent dramatic alteration. From backstairs to front stairs, spaces and the ac

Book Description: This work is an exploration of American building technologies as they evolved during the period between colonial times and nineteen hundred. T

While there’s no shortage of information on restoring and maintaining the historical integrity of period homes, until now there has been no authoritative refe

Alistair Cooke, a newly naturalized American citizen, shares his observations of American life in the year following the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor.