Recent Scholarship
Material Culture and Architecture
Carson, Cary, et al., “New World, Real World: Improvising English Culture in Seventeenth-Century Virginia,” Journal of Southern History, 74 (Feb. 2008), 31–88.
Esperdy, Gabrielle, “‘I am a Modernist’: Morris Lapidus and His Critics,” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 66 (Dec. 2007), 494–517.
Graham, Willie, et al., “Adaptation and Innovation: Archaeological and Architectural Perspectives on the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake,” William and Mary Quarterly, 64 (July 2007), 451–522.
Haug, Jason, “From Razing to Restoring: The Rehabilitation of South Dakota’s Railroad Passenger Depots,” South Dakota History, 37 (Winter 2007), 306–28.
Lathrop, Alan K., “Designing for South Dakota and the Upper Midwest: The Career of Architect Harold T. Spitznagel, 1930–1974,” South Dakota History, 37 (Winter 2007), 271–305.
Shammas, Carole, “The Housing Stock of the Early United States: Refinement Meets Migration,” William and Mary Quarterly, 64 (July 2007), 549–87.
Zilberstein, Anya, “Objects of Distant Exchange: The Northwest Coast, Early America, and the Global Imagination,” William and Mary Quarterly, 64 (July 2007), 591–620.
Hegstrom, Debra Lynn, “Gustav Stickley and American ‘Home-Making’ in ‘The Craftsman’: Gender and Design Issues, 1890–1915” (University of Minnesota, 2007). Order No. DA3256867.
Lieber, Jeffrey D., “Pervasive Beauty: Modern Architecture and Mass Democracy at Mid-Century” (University of Michigan, 2007). Order No. DA3253333.
Mohr, Paula Ann, “‘Artificial constructions’ and Object Lessons in a Sacred Landscape: The Art and Architecture of Central Park, 1858–1880” (University of Virginia, 2007). Order No. DA3260675.
Murphy, Michael John, “White Collared: Fashioning Masculinity in American Visual Culture” (Washington University, 2006). Order No. DA3250523.
Blachowicz, James, From Slate to Marble: Gravestone Carving Traditions in Eastern Massachusetts, 1770–1870. (Evanston: Graver, 2006. xl, 440 pp. $59.95, isbn 0-9772031-0-7.) Heavily illustrated. Includes cd-rom.
Chan, Alexandra A., Slavery in the Age of Reason: Archaeology at a New England Farm. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2007. xvi, 284 pp. $48.00, isbn 978-1-57233-565-3.)
Dupré, Judith, Monuments: America’s History in Art and Memory. (New York: Random House, 2007. xx, 250 pp. $45.00, isbn 978-1-4000-6582-0.) Heavily illustrated.
Field, Cynthia R., Isabelle Gournay, and Thomas P. Somma, eds., Paris on the Potomac: The French Influence on the Architecture and Art of Washington, D.C. (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2007. xii, 164 pp. Cloth, $49.95, isbn 978-0-8214-1759-1. Paper, $24.95, isbn 978-0-8214-1760-7.)
Gutman, Marta, and Ning de Coninck-Smith, eds., Designing Modern Childhoods: History, Space, and the Material Culture of Children. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2008. xviii, 346 pp. Cloth, $70.00, isbn 978-0-8135-4195-2. Paper, $24.95, isbn 978-0-8135-4196-9.) Citations to relevant essays can be found in “Recent Scholarship Online” /rso/.
Toker, Franklin, Buildings of Pittsburgh. (Chicago: Society of Architectural Historians, 2007. xvi, 200 pp. Cloth, $45.00, isbn 978-0-8139-2658-2. Paper, $24.95, isbn 978-0-8139-2650-6.) Heavily illustrated.
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