Building the Dream: A Social History of Housing in America

I was attracted to this book because of its title and description. I was looking for anecdotal descriptions of the evolution of housing... don't want to take the time to go back and remind myself why it was dissappointing but I quickly discarded it as not fullfilling my expectations from the title and description

A very informative book with a useful overview of housing in the U.S. This is now a key volume in my research library.

Well... it's a textbook, which value will be determined on my final grade.

Although a little dated, this book provides a good, straightforward, easy to read background on housing in America. It touches on the historical reasons why we prefer the single-family suburban house yet also explores other housing types and their origins.