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Author:

Klimasmith, Elizabeth, 1969-

Title:

At home in the city : urban domesticity in American literature and culture, 1850-1930 / Betsy Klimasmith.

Publisher:

University of New Hampshire Press,
University of New Hampshire Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xii, 293 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Domestic fiction, American--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Architecture, Domestic--United States.
Architecture, Domestic, in literature.
City and town life--United States.
City and town life in literature.
Dwellings in literature.
Family in literature.
Home in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-273) and index.

Contents:

Paradox of intimacy : mobility, sociology, and the function of home in Quicksand. City's drawing-room : spatial practice in The Bostonians and Central Park -- Tenement home : pushing the city's limits -- Apartment as utopia : reimagining the city, reconstructing the home -- From artifact to investment : hotel homes, the economics of luxury, and the custom of the country -- Paradox of intimacy : mobility, sociology, and the function of home in Quicksand.

Series:

Becoming modern

ISBN:

9781584654971
9781584654964
9781584654971 (pbk. : alk. paper)
158465497X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781584654964 (alk. paper)
1584654961 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61027384

LCCN:

2005019248

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)