Living on campus : an architectural history of the American dormitory / Carla Yanni

Author:: Yanni, Carla
Published:: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2019]
Physical Description:: 295 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm

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Contents:

College housing for men : fellowship and exclusivity -- The coed's predicament : women's dormitories at coeducational college -- Quadrangles in the early twentieth century -- Dorms on the rise : skyscraper residence halls -- Rejecting the high rise : quadrangles (redux) and hill towns -- Epilogue : architectural inequality and the future of residence halls.

Subject(s):

Dormitories—United States—History
Architecture and society—United States—History
Architecture and society
Dormitories
United States

Genre(s):

History

ISBN:

9781517904555 hardcover ; alkaline paper
1517904552 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9781517904562 paperback ; alkaline paper
1517904560 paperback ; alkaline paper

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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