Table of Contents

1. Reading the Past: What is Architectural History? 2. The Authority of the Author: Biography and the Reconstruction of the Canon 3. On Classical Grounds. Histories of Style 4. A Class Performance: Social Histories of Architecture 5. The Illusions of Inclusion: The Guidebook and Historic Architecture 6. Reading Architectural Herstories: The Discourses of Gender

About the Author

Dana Arnold

Reviews

'The book sets out to prove that architecture, its production values and its histories are emblematic of contested social systems and cultural values. In the many-faceted themes it represents, it undoubtedly succeeds.' - Stephen Kite, Landscape Research