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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461149003321

Autore

Dilley Carrie

Titolo

Thatched roofs and open sides : the architecture of Chickees and their changing role in Seminole society / / Carrie Dilley ; foreword by Paul N. Backhouse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-8130-5560-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

975.9004/973859

Soggetti

Indian architecture - Florida - History

Seminole Indians - Florida - History

Seminole Indians - Florida - Social life and customs

Indians of North America - Florida - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An introduction to Native American architecture -- What is a Chickee? -- The architecture of Chickees -- Seminole architectural roots -- A century of evolution, 1840-1940 -- Seminole camps -- The transitional period, 1930s-1970s -- The Big Cypress Chickee survey -- Chickees today and beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

By examining the past, present, and future of Chickees, Chickee builders, and their role in tribal life, this architectural and cultural history reveals the relationship between the transformation of these structures and the cultural evolution of the Seminole Tribe.