Architects and builders in North Carolina : a history of the practice of building / Catherine W. Bishir, Charlotte V. Brown, Carl R. Lounsbury, Ernest H. Wood III ; research assistance by J. Marshall Bullock and William B. Bushong.
Record details
- ISBN: 0807818984
- ISBN: 9780807818985
- Physical Description: xi, 540 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1990]
- Copyright: ©1990
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-519) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The plague of building: construction practices on the frontier, 1650-1730 / Carl R. Lounsbury -- A proper good nice and workmanlike manner: a century of traditional building practice, 1730-1830 / Catherine W. Bishir -- A spirit of improvement: changes in building practice, 1830-1860 / Catherine W. Bishir -- The wild melody of steam: the mechanization of the manufacture of building materials, 1850-1890 / Carl R. Lounsbury -- The advance in industrial enterprise: building with the new technology, 1865-1900 / Charlotte V. Brown -- The opportunities are unlimited: architects and builders since 1945 / Ernest H. Wood, III.
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Additional Physical Form Titles
| Architects and builders in North Carolina. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | NC 720.975 A 903135 (Text) | 36015000604039 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
