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After the Second Crusade in 1148 the Crusader States embarked on a period of caution and consolidation and, in an increasingly hostile environment, began strengthening existing fortifications and building new castles.

This book aids the recognition, understanding and historical interpretation of the surviving cottages in England and Wales. Their changing forms, quality and methods of building are explained and illustrated.

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Presents a fresh approach to the development of houses between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries - from Norman to Tudor times.

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This book looks behind the common image of 'black and white' houses, showing how timber buildings were built and how they vary from region to region.

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This book explains why it was important to keep pigeons and describes the wide variety of buildings that were constructed to house them over the years.

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A lucid and entertaining investigation into why our homes take such an important place in our lives and how where we live goes to the very core of who we are.

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Historic House Museums in the United States and the United Kingdom: A History addresses the phenomenon of historic houses as a distinct species of museum. Everyone understands the special nature of an art museum, a national museum, or a science museum, but 'house museum' nearl...

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Examines changing norms and social strains in an aging world, and looks at their implications for home design. Comparing the United States to six other nations with growing populations of seniors, this book explores the ways that home-design is shaped by the interplay of demographics, social norms, and government policy.

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Focusing on the house-building boom of the interwar years, when Britain became a nation of homeowners, this book investigates the ways in which ordinary people expressed new class and gender identities through the design, architecture and decoration of their homes. -- .

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Focusing on the house-building boom of the interwar years, when Britain became a nation of homeowners, this book investigates the ways in which ordinary people expressed new class and gender identities through the design, architecture and decoration of their homes. -- .

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This title covers the entire period of Japanese castle development from the first introduction of stone walls and tower keeps in the mid-16th century, through the period of the great sieges of Japanese history.

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This general bibliography of fortifications also provides a selective, annotated compilation of citations to a variety of relevant works. It addresses all types of fortifications - permanent and temporary - and considers aspects of design, construction and maintenance.

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Officially known as Washington Square Park, Philadelphia's Society Hill district contains an impressive number of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century houses. This book presents, in text and pictures, the stories of its outstanding Colonial and Early American mansions and ...

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Takes you into the real stories of culture, race, politics, and family behind these remnants of a past that has had such impact on the South and on America as a whole and into the story of their preservation. This title measures the architectural legacy against the cruel realities that made it possible.

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This book looks at Edwardian, including the homes of the wealthy as well as those of the middle and lower classes. It should be of interest to those who live in an Edwardian house, and to many more who share the author's nostalgia for this period.

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A ground-breaking collection of essays by leading and emerging scholars, which uncovers the vibrant intellectual life of early modern provincial England. -- .

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A ground-breaking collection of essays by leading and emerging scholars, which uncovers the vibrant intellectual life of early modern provincial England. -- .

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