Title & Author:

America's architectural roots : ethnic groups that built America / edited by Dell Upton.

Publication:

New York : Preservation Press, [1986]
©1986

Description:

193 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 x 11 cm.

Series:

Building watchers series

Notes:
"National Trust for Historic Preservation."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index.
Introduction / Dell Upton -- Native Americans / Peter Nabokov and Bob Easton -- Native Hawaiians / Ray Morris -- Afro-Americans / John Michael Vlach -- Dutch / Dell Upton -- English / Cary Carson -- French / Jay D. Edwards -- Germans and Swiss / Edward A. Chappell -- Irish / Henry Glassie -- Russians / Anatole Senkevitch, Jr. -- Southeastern Spanish / Kathleen Deagan -- Southwestern Hispanics / Joe S. Graham -- Belgians / Charles F. Calkins and William G. Laatsch -- Chinese / Christopher Lee Yip -- Czechs / David Murphy -- Danes / Thomas Carter -- Finns / Matti Kaups -- German-Russians / Michael Koop -- Japanese / Ronald K.K. Lee -- Midwestern Germans / William H. Tishler -- Norwegians / Darrell D. Henning -- Swedes / Lena A:son Palmqvist -- Ukrainians / John C. Lehr.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP37.15 0.

Summary:

Which ethnic groups introduced the log cabin? The front Porch? The sauna? Read about 22 different ethnic groups including Native Americans, African Americans, and Hawaiians who made significant contributions that still influence the face of America.

ISBN:

0891331239 (paperback)
9780891331230 (paperback)
0471143499 (pbk.)
9780471143499 (pbk.)

Subject:

Ethnic architecture United States.
Vernacular architecture United States.
Architecture ethnique États-Unis.
Architecture vernaculaire États-Unis.
Ethnic architecture
Vernacular architecture
Bouwkunst.
Etnische groepen.
United States
Architecture

Added entries:

Upton, Dell, editor.
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States.
Roots.
Building watchers series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 19464
Call No.: ID:87-B6649
Status: Available