Peeking Through The Keyhole
Subtitle: The Evolution Of North American Homes
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: June 13, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780773529342
Subjects: Residential buildings, domestic buildings; History - General; Architecture; North America; Domestic
First sentence: For the average middle-aged shopper born and raised in North America, a visit to a massive suburban supermarket would not cause anything like the shock that would be experienced by, say, a person used to buying food at outdoor stalls in China, or even an older person, born in Cleveland or Toronto, who has managed to spend her life inside the suburban belt, picking up her groceries at a neighbourhood store with three aisles and two check-out counters.