Manhood factories
Subtitle: YMCA architecture and the making of modern urban culture
By: Paula Lupkin.
Series: Architecture, landscape, and American culture series
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780816648344; 9780816648351
Subjects: YMCA -- Buildings; Architecture -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Architecture and society -- United States; Space (Architecture) -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the YMCA and the cultural landscape of modernity; title: Reconciling morality and mammon: a Christian club for clerks; title: Inventing the YMCA building; title: Accepting the call to build: architectural evangelism on Main Street; title: Bedrooms, billiards, and basketball: retooling the YMCA; title: From Greensboro to China: YMCA architecture as international business.