| To Build in a New Land: Ethnic Landscapes in North America Contributor(s): Noble, Allen G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0801841895 ISBN-13: 9780801841897 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1992 Annotation: A collection of twenty-two original essays by noted authorities on the distinctive cultural landscapes created by the immigration of various European groups, mostly in the nineteenth century, and the migrations of Black and Native American groups. A rich portrait of the ethnic groups that have helped mold the cultures of the United States and Canada. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | North American - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 970.004 |
| LCCN: 91020753 |
| Series: Creating the North American Landscape (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 8.28" W x 11.08" (2.42 lbs) 472 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |