false 3360117 1 Conception and birth, growth and maturity, aging and death--these milestones in the human life story are also stages in the existence of a building, says the author of this unconventional history. He explores the ways that Americans have named and introduced their buildings, endowed them with personality, celebrated them, and documented their erection and aging over the past one hundred and fifty years. 3399334 11 1 1999 Building Lives: Constructing Rites and Passages total:1|3:1| 1 3 1 0 3360117 0300070454 9780300070453 1 0 3.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3360117.Building_Lives_Constructing_Rites_and_Passages 3 0 false Thu Jul 03 13:18:17 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 15:44:10 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 13:18:17 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3360117