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Autore |
Abernethy Francis E |
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Titolo |
Built in Texas / edited by Francis Edward Abernethy ; line drawings by Reese Kennedy |
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University of North Texas Press, 2000 |
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Denton, Tex. : , : University of North Texas Press, , 2000 |
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©2000 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1 online resource (ix, 291 pages) :) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; ; no. 42 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Vernacular architecture |
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Customs & Traditions |
Vernacular architecture - Texas |
Texas |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Original hard copy first edition copyright held by The Texas Folklore Society, 1979. |
Includes index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Texas folk building: an introduction -- "Built in Texas" / F.E. Abernethy -- "The cultural geography of folk building forms in Texas" / G. Loyd Collier -- Methods and materials-- "Building in Texas, 1844-1845" / Prince Karl von Solms-Braunfels -- "Texas dugouts" / Ann Carpenter -- "Adobe: earth, straw, and water" / John O. West, Roberto Gonzalez -- "Log corner notching in Texas" / Terry G. Jordan -- "Texas tie houses" / Pat Ellis Taylor -- Style and form -- "Comanche tepees" / Ferdinand Roemer -- "Pueblo Indian housing in Texas: Ysleta del Sur" / Thomas A. Green, Jr. -- "Alabama-Coushatta buildings" / Howard N. Martin -- "The old Koch House" / Connie Hall -- "Alsatian architecture in Medina County" / Terri Ross -- "Silesian Polish folk architecture in Texas" / T. Lindsay Baker -- "A Russian-German folk house in north Texas" / Terry G. Jordan -- "Shotgun houses and shacks" / Sylvia Grider -- Barns and outbuildings -- "Barns and outbuildings" / Thomas J. Stanly -- Gates and fences -- "Rails, rocks, and pickets: traditional farmstead fencing |
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in Texas" / Lonn Taylor -- "Gates" / C.W. Wimberley -- "The devil's hatband in the Lone Star State: The introduction of barbed wire in Texas" / Robert J. Duncan -- Holding water -- "Vanes in the wind: art and custom in Texas windmills" / James M. Day -- "Tank, tub, and cistern" / Ernest B. Speck -- "When the creeks run dry: water milling in the German hill country" / Glen Lich, Lera Tyler -- Restoration and preservation -- "The restoration of the Rice Family Log Home" / Steve Whiston -- "Outdoor museums in Texas" / Willard B. Robinson. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Photographs and text describe historical buildings across Texas that were built with nature-made materials such as rocks, logs, and mud. |
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