Presidio, mission, and pueblo : Spanish architecture and urbanism in the United States / James Early.

Main entry:

Early, James, 1923-2005.

Title & Author:

Presidio, mission, and pueblo : Spanish architecture and urbanism in the United States / James Early.

Edition:

1st Southern Methodist University Press ed.

Publication:

Dallas : Southern Methodist University Press, 2004.

Description:

xii, 260 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245) and index.
I. Spanish Settlement and Construction in North America -- II. Florida -- III. New Mexico -- IV. Texas -- V. Louisiana -- VI. Arizona -- VII. California -- VIII. Hispanic Architecture in the United States after 1846.
Also issued online.

Summary:

The author surveys the Spanish architecture of Florida, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, and California prior to 1846 and offers an assessment of Hispanic architecture in the following years; describing the forms and styles of churches, forts, simple houses, and other structures; while shedding light on the social contexts within which they were built. In addition to numerous black and white photographs, 16 color plates show examples of the structures discussed.

ISBN:

0870744828 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780870744822 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0870744844 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780870744846 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture, Spanish colonial Southwestern States.
Architecture coloniale espagnole États-Unis (Sud-Ouest)
Architecture, Spanish colonial.
United States Southwestern States.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 240593
Call No.: NA705.5.S6 E37 2004
Copy: pbk.
Status: Available

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