Architecture and suburbia; from English villa to American dream house, 1690-2000.NA7571 2004-025706 0-8166-4303-2 Architecture and suburbia; from English 1. English - (Obsolete) The source code for a program, which may be in any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler. The idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a program written in his favourite programming language is villa to American dream American dream also American Dream n. An American ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire: house, 1690-2000. Archer, John. U. of Minnesota Minnesota, state, United States Minnesota (mĭn'ĭsō`tə), upper midwestern state of the United States. It is bordered by Lake Superior and Wisconsin (E), Iowa (S), South Dakota and North Dakota (W), and the Canadian provinces Press, [c]2005 470 p. $39.95 Archer, an architectural historian in the cultural studies/comparative literature department of the U. of Minnesota, has written an account of the philosophies and political and social realities that led to and sustain the notion of the "dream home" in England and the US. Beginning with an extensive chapter on the influential thought of John Locke, Archer describes the establishment of suburbs and the development of individualistic in·di·vid·u·al·ist n. 1. One that asserts individuality by independence of thought and action. 2. An advocate of individualism. in suburban houses from the 18th century in England, through the housing tracts of 20th-century America, to the present day. The myriad Myriad is a classical Greek name for the number 104 = 10 000. In modern English the word refers to an unspecified large quantity. The term myriad is a progression in the commonly used system of describing numbers using tens and hundreds. aspects of commerce, advertising, public policies, and cultural trends that fed the notion and types of houses produced are described as part of the central theme of what constitutes the notion of a "dream home." |
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