A field guide to American houses: the definitive guide to identifying and understanding America's domestic architecture

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Focusing on dwellings in urban and suburban neighborhoods and rural locations all across the continental United States--houses built over the past three hundred years reflecting every social and economic background--this guide provides in-depth information on the essentials of domestic architecture with facts and frames of reference that will enable you to look in a fresh way at the houses around you.

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