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1	La demeure (in)habitable : imaginaires de la maison dans l'oeuvre romanesque d'Élise Turcotte Castonguay, Karine 04 1900 (has links) No description available. Élise Turcotte imaginaires de la maison poétique du roman critique thématique symbolique Élise Turcotte house and home novel theme symbolism
2	Merchandising the postwar model house at the Parade of Homes Dodd, Samuel Tommy 2009 August 1900 (has links) The Parade of Homes began in 1948 as a novel form of sales merchandising and publicity. The model house, on display at the Parade of Homes, was a powerful advertising tool employed by postwar merchant-builders to sell modern design to a new market of informed consumers and second-time homeowners. Using House & Home as a primary source, I contextualize the postwar housing industry and the merchandising efforts of builders. Then, through an examination of the 1955 Parade of Homes in Houston, Texas, I analyze the early Parade of Homes events and the language of domestic modernism that they showcased. / text Parade of Homes model house House & Home National Association of Home Builders Meyerland, Texas Houston, Texas Keeland, Burdette merchant builders builders speculative house merchandising advertising postwar housing architecture, domestic architecture, modern