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Puerto Rican Houses in Sociohistorical Perspective
by Jopling, Carol F
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Binding is tight an
- ISBN 10
- 0870495437
- ISBN 13
- 9780870495434
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Knoxville, Tenn: University of Tennessee Press, 1988. Hardcover. VG/VG (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Binding is tight and pages are crisp and clean.). Aqua cloth boards with black lettering; white dust jacket, blue and black lettering; bw illustration; xxiii, 300 pp; bw frontispiece, illustrated throughout in bw. "(this book) is the first work to describe the architecture of an entire complex society, from the inventive self-built dwellings of the poor to the elegant mansions of the rich. Detailing the manner in which architecture develops within such a society, Carol F. Jopling applies semiotic and symbolic analyses to the study of architecture. In so doing, she makes a signal contribution to the methodology of material culture research."- dust jacket.
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- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 184513
- Title
- Puerto Rican Houses in Sociohistorical Perspective
- Author
- Jopling, Carol F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Binding is tight an
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0870495437
- ISBN 13
- 9780870495434
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee Press
- Place of Publication
- Knoxville, Tenn
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- American Architecture ; Puerto Rican Architecture ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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