Previously published: American vernacular design, 1870-1940. Ames : Iowa State University Press, 1988 and American vernacular interior architecture, 1870-1940. Ames : Iowa State University Press, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Defining modern vernacular buildings -- Inside out -- Building the picture : trading on the imagery of production and design -- The cottage -- Aesthetic system : exterior -- Aesthetic system :interior -- Building type : gable roof cottage -- Building type : organic cottage -- Building type : hip roof and mansard roof cottage -- Building type : gambrel roof cottage -- Building type : bungalow -- Building type : ranch and split-level -- Building type : multifamily -- Building type : commercial -- Building type : church -- Support systems -- Elements