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PUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins University Press
FORMAT: Hardback
ISBN: 9780801841880
RRP: £60.00
PAGES: 512
PUBLICATION DATE:
April 1, 1992
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To Build a New Land: Ethnic Landscapes in North America
Allen G. Noble
NOBLE
Lavishly illustrated with historical photographs, maps, and architectural drawings, ‘To Build in a New Land’ includes chapters on Ukrainian pioneer landscapes in western Canada, Cajun farmsteads in Louisiana, Czech settlements in South Dakota, Danish homes in Iowa and Minnesota, vernacular architecture of the German-Russian Mennonites of southeastern Manitoba, Afro-American housing in the southeastern United States, and the regional variations of Irish, English, and Scottish construction in Ontario.
Reviews of To Build a New Land: Ethnic Landscapes in North America
"Provides an overview of North American ethnic landscapes and offers portrayals of some of the ethnic groups in the United States and Canada."–'Vernacular Architecture Newsletter'