To Build in a New Land: Ethnic Landscapes in North America / Edition 1

by Allen G. Noble

Overview

Lavishly illustrated with historical photographs, maps, and architectural drawings, To Build in a New Land includes chapters on Ukrainian pioneer landscapes in western Canada, Cajun farmsteads in Louisiana, Czech settlements in South Dakota, Danish homes in Iowa and Minnesota, vernacular architecture of the German-Russian Mennonites of southeastern Manitoba, Afro-American housing in the southeastern United States, and the regional variations of Irish, English, and Scottish construction in Ontario.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801841897
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	04/01/1992
Series:	Creating the North American Landscape
Edition description:	SPIRAL
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Allen G. Noble is professor and head of the Department of Geography at the University of Akron. His publications include Wood, Brick, and Stone: Studies of the North American Settlement Landscape, Ohio: An American Heartland; and India: Cultural Patterns and Processes.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1. Migration to North America: Before, during, and after the Nineteenth Century
Part II. Northeastern North America
Chapter 2. Acadians in Maritime Canada
Chapter 3. The Irish, English, and Scots in Ontario
Chapter 4. Germans in Ohio
Chapter 5. The Welsh in Ohio
Part III. Southeastern North America
Chapter 6. The Scotch-Irish and English in Appalachia
Chapter 7. American Indians in the Eastern United States
Chapter 8. French Creoles on the Gulf Coast
Chapter 9. African-Americans in the American South
Chapter 10. Cajuns in Louisiana
Part IV. Central North America
Chapter 11. Belgians in Wisconsin
Chapter 12. Danes in Iowa and Minnesota
Chapter 13. Norwegians in Wisconsin
Chapter 14. Finns in the Lake Superior Region
Chapter 15. German-Russian Mennonites in Manitoba
Chapter 16. Czechs in South Dakota
Part V. Western North America
Chapter 17. Ukrainians in Western Canada
Chapter 18. The Navajo in the American Southwest
Chapter 19. Spanish Americans in New Mexico's Rio Arriba
Chapter 20. Germans in Texas
Chapter 21. Basques in the American West
Part VI. Conclusion
Chapter 22. The Immigrant Experience in the Nineteenth Century and Afterwards
Glossary
Notes
References
Contributors
Index

Editorial Reviews

Provides an overview of North American ethnic landscapes and offers portrayals of some of the ethnic groups in the United States and Canada.
—Vernacular Architecture Newsletter

From the Publisher

Provides an overview of North American ethnic landscapes and offers portrayals of some of the ethnic groups in the United States and Canada.

Vernacular Architecture Newsletter

A collection of 22 original essays by noted authorities on the distinctive cultural landscapes created by the immigration of various European groups, mostly in the 19th century, and the migration of Black and Native American groups. Extensively illustrated with historical photographs, maps, and architectural drawings. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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