Sites Unseen: Architecture, Race, and American Literature

(New York University Press) Gleason explores the relationship between race and architecture in the 19th and early-20th century — the time during which architecture matured professionally in America and also took its place in larger discussions about American culture, history, politics, and race. Gleason is a professor of English at Princeton University.

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An inside look up the inside of a building, with four floors and a dinosaur skeleton visible.
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