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The Mountain West : interpreting the folk landscape / Terry G. Jordan, Jon T. Kilpinen, Charles F. Gritzner.

Title
The Mountain West : interpreting the folk landscape / Terry G. Jordan, Jon T. Kilpinen, Charles F. Gritzner.
Author
Jordan-Bychkov, Terry G., 1938-2003
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1997.

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  • Kilpinen, Jon T.
  • Gritzner, Charles F.
  • Center for American Places
Description
xii, 160 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.
Summary
Why does the West - both in the United States and Canada - differ from the East? Scholars have put forward two fundamentally different and contradictory explanations: the West as the displaced, archaic, frontier East; and the West as a subculture developed indigenously in response to the demands of a dry, rugged physical environment. In this groundbreaking volume, Terry Jordan and his co-authors look to the log folk buildings of the Mountain West, from New Mexico to Alaska, to explain what makes the West "the West." Arguing that artifacts such as dwellings, barns, and fences can, if correctly interpreted, reveal much about the origins and character of the regional culture, they set forth not only the first comprehensive description and analysis of Western folk architecture but also a systematic explanation of the culture of the West.
Series Statement
Creating the North American landscape
Uniform Title
Creating the North American landscape
Subject
  • Material culture > West (U.S.)
  • Log buildings > West (U.S.) > Design and construction
  • Vernacular architecture > West (U.S.)
  • Landscape assessment > West (U.S.)
  • West (U.S.) > Geography
Note
  • "Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia"--P. [ii].
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-155).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Ch. 1. The North American West: Continuity or Innovation? -- Ch. 2. Log Dwellings -- Ch. 3. Log Outbuildings -- Ch. 4. Log Carpentry Traditions -- Ch. 5. Wooden Fences -- Ch. 6. Material Culture of Haymaking -- Ch. 7. The West Revealed -- Appendix: Museums and Archives.
ISBN
0801854318 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
^^^96015912^
OCLC
  • 34544997
  • SCSB-10992741
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library