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The suburban church : modernism and community in postwar America
After World War II, America's religious denominations spent billions on church architecture as they spread into the suburbs. In this richly illustrated history of midcentury modern churches in the Midwest, Gretchen Buggeln shows how architects and suburban congregations joined forces to work ou...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis
: University of Minnesota Press
, 2016-2015
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| Series: | Architecture, landscape, and American culture series
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| Online Access: | http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/upso-ebooks-art/dx.doi.org/10.5749/minnesota/9780816694952.001.0001 |
| Author Notes: | Gretchen Buggeln |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford University Press : Minnesota Scholarship Online / Architecture |
| Summary: | After World War II, America's religious denominations spent billions on church architecture as they spread into the suburbs. In this richly illustrated history of midcentury modern churches in the Midwest, Gretchen Buggeln shows how architects and suburban congregations joined forces to work out a vision of how modernist churches might help reinvigorate Protestant worship and community. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2015.. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource) |
| ISBN: | 9781452953557 |
