Self-study
Historians of North American architecture who have studied early nineteenth-century houses with wooden floors have observed that Support the boards used on the floors of bigger houses were generally much narrower than those used on the floors of smaller houses. █████ ██████████ ████ ██████ █████ █████ ███ ██████ ███ ████ ███ ██████ ██████ ████ █████ ████ █████████ ██████ ████ ███ ██████ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ██████ ████ ██████ ██████ ████ ███ ██ ██████ ███████████ ████ ████████ ████ █ ██████ ███████ ████████ ██ ████████ ███ ███████ ███████
Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis
The author hypothesizes that in the early 19th century, floors made out of narrow floorboards were likely a status symbol designed to convey a homeowner’s wealth. This is based on the fact that bigger houses tended to use narrower floorboards than smaller houses, and that bigger houses tended to be built for people who were richer than those for whom smaller houses were built.
Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that there’s no more likely explanation for the use of narrower floorboards in the bigger houses besides the idea that the floorboards were status symbols. This overlooks the possibility that there may have been other reasonable explanations, such as stylistic trends associated with bigger houses, or perhaps narrower floor boards were more functional for bigger houses or were cheaper to use in bigger houses.
Analysis by KevinLin
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