American Renaissance: A Survey of Interior Architecture is a publication that traces the history of 19th-century American architecture, covering the period in design development known as the American Renaissance. The author of the book, Joy Wheeler Dow, draws attention to the entanglement of foreign styles with industrial American culture and traditions. Each chapter of the book is devoted to a certain architectural style and its influence on the interior and exterior buildings of that period. This book will be a valuable resource for those interested in the history of architecture and the development of American construction."