Reviews
Engagingly written and well researched.
Throughout Baltimore's Alley Houses, the writing betrays the author's affection for Baltimore and its old, often-decayed houses... In the book's epilogue, Hayward writes that '[t]he memories are worth saving. They cannot be replaced' (265). Her book is itself an important document for maintenance of those memories and of the material culture from which they are derived.
A well-illustrated architectural and social history.
Mary Ellen Hayward tells the story of how immigrants found the American dream of owning a home through the unique invention of row houses—which made homes affordable and accessible and built a community that made Baltimore such a vibrant mosaic of neighborhoods.
Book Details
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Small Streets and Small Houses
1. Antebellum Free Blacks
2. The Irish
3. German Baltimore
4. The Bohemians
5. African-American Neighborhoods of 1880s Baltimore
6. The Reformers
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Small Streets and Small Houses
1. Antebellum Free Blacks
2. The Irish
3. German Baltimore
4. The Bohemians
5. African-American Neighborhoods of 1880s Baltimore
6. The Reformers
Epilogue
Notes
Index