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Book Title: Refinement of America : Persons, Houses, Cities
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 1.1in
Item Width: 5.2in
Author: Richard Lyman Bushman
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: Reprint
Topic: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Decorating, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, United States / 19th Century, Buildings / Residential, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year: 1993
Genre: House & Home, Architecture, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 17.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 528 Pages
