The fall of a doll's house
Subtitle: three generations of American women and the houses they lived in
By: Jane Davison.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Housewives -- United States; Home -- Psychological aspects; Middle-aged women -- United States; Architecture, Domestic -- Social aspects -- United States; United States -- Social life and customs
Description: "In this provocative mix of social, architectural, and personal history, Jane Davison take a sympathetic but skeptical look at a treasured American dream: the single-family suburban house. Drawing upon the examples of her grandmother, her mother, and herself, she shows the changing attitude toward the house as a symbol of the good life and the technological changes in the house itself, over three generations" -- jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 229-233.
Includes index.