Workers'-cottage and minimal-bungalow districts in Oakland and Berkeley, California, 1870-1945

Urban Morphology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-25

  Groth, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Berkeley; Micro morphology; Minimal bungalow district; Oakland; Workers' cottage district

Indexed keywords

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; NINETEENTH CENTURY; URBAN HISTORY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

BERKELEY; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OAKLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2042476722     PISSN: 10274278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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