Living Downtown: The History of Residential Hotels in the United States

Published on: 1994-01-01
Page Count: 428 pages
Print Type: BOOK
Categories: Social Science
Maturity Rating: NOT_MATURE
Language: en
Embeddable: Yes
PDF Available: Yes
EPUB Available: No
ISBN-13: 9780520068766
ISBN-10: 0520068769
Living Downtown, the first comprehensive social and cultural history of life in American residential hotels, adds a much-needed historical perspective to this ongoing debate.

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