Building Community, Keeping the Faith - German Catholic Vernacular Architecture in a Rural Minnesota Parish (Paperback)

The German Catholic immigrants who founded St. John the Baptist parish on the central Minnesota prairie effected a remarkable transfer of tradition to their new environment. Fred W. Peterson reveals how they inherited folk culture, aesthetic values, and religious beliefs which were directly embodied in the brick farmhouses, dairy farms, and churches they built between 1858 and 1915. Building Community, Keeping the Faith is compelling reading for students of architecture, religion, immigration, and ethnicity -- indeed for anyone interested in the complex influence European culture exerted on the development of America.

General

Imprint:	Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1998
First published:	November 1998
Authors:	Fred W Peterson
Dimensions:	195 x 230 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-87351-369-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Religious buildings Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Residential buildings, domestic buildings > Houses, apartments, flats, etc Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-87351-369-X
Barcode:	9780873513692

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