Author: Kenneth Lewis Roberts
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Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Author: Robert Craik McLean
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 470

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Author: Steven M. Gelber
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231504232
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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Whether it's needlepoint or woodworking, collecting stamps or dolls, everyone has a hobby, or is told they need one. But why do we fill our leisure time with the activities we do? And what do our hobbies say about our culture? Steven Gelber here traces the history and significance of hobbies from the mid-nineteenth century through the 1950s. Although hobbies are often touted as a break from work, Gelber demonstrates that they reflect and reproduce the values and activities of the workplace by bringing utilitarian rationality into the home, imitating the economic stratification of the marketplace, and reinforcing traditional gender roles. Drawing on a wide array of social and cultural theory, Hobbies fills a critical gap in American cultural history and provides a compelling new perspective on the meaning of leisure.

Author: Alison K. Hoagland
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813940877
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 411

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For roughly a century, the log cabin occupied a central and indispensable role in the rapidly growing United States. Although it largely disappeared as a living space, it lived on as a symbol of the settling of the nation. In her thought-provoking and generously illustrated new book, Alison Hoagland looks at this once-common dwelling as a practical shelter solution--easy to construct, built on the frontier’s abundance of trees, and not necessarily meant to be permanent--and its evolving place in the public memory. Hoagland shows how the log cabin was a uniquely adaptable symbol, responsive to the needs of the cultural moment. It served as the noble birthplace of presidents, but it was also seen as the basest form of housing, accommodating the lowly poor. It functioned as a paragon of domesticity, but it was also a basic element in the life of striving and wandering. Held up as a triumph of westward expansion, it was also perceived as a building type to be discarded in favor of more civilized forms. In the twentieth century, the log cabin became ingrained in popular culture, serving as second homes and motels, as well as restaurants and shops striking a rustic note. The romantic view of the past, combined with the log cabin’s simplicity, solidity, and compatibility with nature, has made it an enduring architectural and cultural icon. Preparation of this volume has been supported by Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund

Author: Roberta Rosenberg Maisel
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Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Author: Jack Bales
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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With such extensively researched books as Arundel, rabble in arms and Northwest Passage, Roberts (1885-1957) established and maintained a reputation throughout his literary career as an author whose books were not only enjoyable to read but also models of historical writing and accuracy. Bales' com

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Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 620

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Author: Providence Public Library (R.I.)
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 806

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Author: Kenneth L. Ames
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 644

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