1st Edition
A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas
A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas is the first comprehensive survey to narrate the urbanization of the Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, making it a vital resource to help you understand the built environment in this part of the world. The book combines the latest scholarship about the indigenous past with an environmental history approach covering issues of climate, geology, and biology, so that you'll see the relationship between urban and rural in a new, more inclusive way.
Author Clare Cardinal-Pett tells the story chronologically, from the earliest-known human migrations into the Americas to the 1930s to reveal information and insights that weave across time and place so that you can develop a complex and nuanced understanding of human-made landscape forms, patterns of urbanization, and associated building typologies. Each chapter addresses developments throughout the hemisphere and includes information from various disciplines, original artwork, and historical photographs of everyday life, which - along with numerous maps, diagrams, and traditional building photographs - will train your eye to see the built environment as you read about it.
Biography
Clare Cardinal-Pett is an Associate Professor of Architecture at Iowa State University, USA.
"Drawing on recent scholarship in environmental, migration, and economic history, this ambitious, well-illustrated survey asks vital questions about the uses and meanings, evolving and enduring, of buildings and urban forms in the Americas. Cardinal-Pett’s balanced, comprehensive treatment of sites both ancient and modern, northern and southern offers a new framework for teaching American architectural history." - Keith Eggener, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, University of Oregon, USA
"A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Americas is the first holistic and integrated survey of the architecture of the Western Hemisphere. It provides the reader with a global perspective on indigenous architectural traditions and the complexity of cultural interactions and historical developments which define the Americas from prehistory to the present. Its breadth and use of innovative theoretical approaches will serve as a model for further regional studies within the field of architectural history." - Thomas Gensheimer, Department of Architectural History, Savannah College of Arts and Design, USA
"In this remarkably ambitious undertaking, Cardinal-Pett (Iowa State Univ.) provides a reliable, comprehensive overview of the built environment in the Western Hemisphere, beginning with the earliest human habitation and ending in the mid-20th century ... Handsome and illuminating photographs, clear and informative diagrams, and text boxes elaborating on key issues augment the text ... The book can be appreciated from several perspectives: as a reliable reference and a source of enjoyment and enlightenment, as well as a useful undergraduate textbook. This beautiful publication is a valuable resource and should have a long life." - D. Sachs, Kansas State University
