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This lively interpretation of the changing design of US farmhouses during the 19th century is founded on owner-designed farmhouse plans from the East and Midwest, which are complemented by letters, biographical data, and over one hundred illustrations. In explaining how these transformations reflected changing aspirations and social and economic conditions , focusing on the eventual segregation of male and female domains, this study offers important new insights into the nature of American vernacular architecture and its role in US social history.
Bringing together scholarship in diverse fields - including
architecture, geography, folklore, anthropology, and urban studies
- the seventeen essays in this volume confirm the transformations
now occurring in the study of vernacular architecture. Moving away
from a single vision of vernacular architecture that consisted only
of old, rural, handmade structures built in traditional forms and
materials for everyday use, scholars are exploring a wider variety
of forms and landscapes - from company towns to grand expositions.
Drawn from two conferences of the Vernacular Architecture Forum -
one held in Charleston in 1994, the other in Ottawa in 1995 - these
essays address a broad range of topics.
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