Recent Scholarship
Material Culture and Architecture
Anderson, Marvin J., “The Architectural Education of Nineteenth-Century American Engineers: Dennis Hart Mahan at West Point,” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 67 (June 2008), 222–47.
Delle, James A., and Jason Shellenhamer, “Archaeology at the Parvin Homestead: Searching for the Material Legacy of the Underground Railroad,” Historical Archaeology, 42 (no. 2, 2008), 38–62. Heavily illustrated.
Faulkner, Charles H., “The Archaeology of Temporary Construction Devices on Historic Building Sites in the Southeast,” Historical Archaeology, 42 (no. 2, 2008), 88–103.
Frank, Marie, “The Theory of Pure Design and American Architectural Education in the Early Twentieth Century,” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 67 (June 2008), 248–73. Heavily illustrated.
Gyure, Dale Allen, “The Heart of the University: A History of the Library as an Architectural Symbol of American Higher Education,” Winterthur Portfolio, 42 (Summer–Autumn 2008), 107–32.
Schnare, Susan E., “The Exeter Landscape Designs of Robert Morris Copeland,” Historical New Hampshire, 62 (Spring 2008), 19–40. Heavily illustrated.
Smith, Mark A., “Engineering Slavery: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Slavery at Key West,” Florida Historical Quarterly, 86 (Spring 2008), 498–526.
White, Carolyn L., “Personal Adornment and Interlaced Identities at the Sherburne Site, Portsmouth, New Hampshire,” Historical Archaeology, 42 (no. 2, 2008), 17–37. Heavily illustrated.
Dubbelde, David Mark, “Influence of Culture, Faith, Environment, and Building Technology on the Built Form: The Case of Nineteenth Century Catholic Churches in Galveston, Texas” (Texas A&M University, 2006). Order No. DA3280454.
Eggebeen, Janna, “Airport Age: Architecture and Modernity in America” (City University of New York, 2007). Order No. DA3283159.
Phillips, Ruth Anne, “‘Pre-Columbian Revival’: Defining and Exploring a U.S. Architectural Style, 1910–1940” (City University of New York, 2007). Order No. DA3283183.
Pratt, Anastasia L., “Home: A 20th Century American Construction” (University of Michigan, 2007). Order No. DA3287611.
Quinn, Kelly Anne, “Making Modern Homes: A History of Langston Terrace Dwellings, a New Deal Housing Program in Washington, D.C.” (University of Maryland, College Park, 2007). Order No. DA3283424.
Bergeijk, Herman van, Amerikaanse dromen: Frank Lloyd Wright en Nederland (American dreams: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Netherlands). (Rotterdam: Uitgeverij 010, 2008. 189 pp. €24.50, isbn 978-0-64509-593-5.) In Dutch.
De Pillis, Mario S., and Christian Goodwillie, eds., Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. viii, 392 pp. $75.00, isbn 978-0-300-13760-6.) Heavily illustrated.
Ellis, Anita J., and Susan Labry Meyn, Rookwood and the American Indian: Masterpieces of American Art Pottery from the James J. Gardner Collection. (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2007. xviii, 294 pp. Cloth, $50.00, isbn 978-0-8214-1739-3. Paper, $30.00, isbn 978-0-8214-1740-9.) Heavily illustrated.
Fenske, Gail, The Skyscraper and the City: The Woolworth Building and the Making of Modern New York. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. xiv, 400 pp. $65.00, isbn 978-0-226-24141-8.)
Holliday, Kathryn E., Leopold Eidlitz: Architecture and Idealism in the Gilded Age. (New York: Norton, 2008. 200 pp. $55.00, isbn 978-0-393-73239-9.) Heavily illustrated.
Maddex, Diane, Alden B. Dow: Midwestern Modern. (New York: Norton, 2008. 239 pp. $50.00, isbn 978-0-393-73248-1.) Heavily illustrated.
Murray-Wooley, Carolyn, Early Stone Houses of Kentucky. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2008. xii, 227 pp. $50.00, isbn 978-0-8131-2479-7.) Heavily illustrated.
Tolles, Bryant F., Jr., Summer by the Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820–1950. (Hanover: University Press of New England, 2008. xxiv, 231 pp. $50.00, isbn 978-1-58465-576-3.) Heavily illustrated.
Wilson, Richard Guy, Harbor Hill: Portrait of a House. (New York: Norton, 2008. xii, 178 pp. $60.00, isbn 978-0-393-73216-0.) Heavily illustrated.
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