LUPKIN, PAULA

Manhood Factories: YMCA Architecture and the Making of Modern Urban Architecture

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. Item #014341

Before it became the universally known disco theme song, the YMCA was an important social instrument in American cities, As an inexpensive hotel and a "safe" social and recreation center for the rising population of male clerks, office workers, and salesmen, the YMCA's buildings were important in the organization's efforts to shape a modern moral public culture. First edition. 28 cm; 253 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers.

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