Abigail A. Van Slyck – författare
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4 produkter
Free to All
Carnegie Libraries & American Culture, 1890-1920
Häftad, 1998
361 kr
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Familiar landmarks in hundreds of American towns, Carnegie libraries today seem far from controversial. In Free to All, however, Abigail A. Van Slyck shows that the classical façades and symmetrical plans of these buildings often mask a complex and contentious history."The whole story is told here …
Playhouses and Privilege
The Architecture of Elite Childhood
Inbunden, 2025
1386 kr
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Examining playhouses of the super-rich to understand how architecture contributed to the construction of elite identity and modern childhoodPlayhouses and Privilege explores children’s playhouses built on British and American estates between the 1850s and the mid-1930s. Different from the …
Playhouses and Privilege
The Architecture of Elite Childhood
Häftad, 2025
453 kr
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Examining playhouses of the super-rich to understand how architecture contributed to the construction of elite identity and modern childhoodPlayhouses and Privilege explores children’s playhouses built on British and American estates between the 1850s and the mid-1930s. Different from the …
Manufactured Wilderness
Summer Camps and the Shaping of American Youth, 1890–1960
Häftad, 2010
309 kr
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Since they were first established in the 1880s, children’s summer camps have touched the lives of millions of people. Although the camping experience has a special place in the popular imagination, few scholars have given serious thought to this peculiarly American phenomenon. Why were summer camps …
