Vernacular Architecture in Southern Illinois: The Ethnic Heritage
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Black stamped cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Glossy gray and illustrated dust jacket with white and black lettering. xiv, 203 pp. BW illustrations. VG-/VG- ex-museum library copy with stamp, call number label and barcode sticker, light corner and edge wear to book and dust jacket. Item #172115
ISBN: 9780809314621
Photography by Randy Tindall. "Drawing on interviews as well as empirical research, the authors examine the various ethnic influences on vernacular architecture (everyday structures built without the aid of an architect). To that end they illustrate and discuss domestic, commercial, and ecclesiastical building styles, the cultural use of space, place-names, epigraphs and related inscriptions, settlement patterns, and some types of folk art and material culture. They show through text and photograph what the immigrants brought to southern Illinois and how their influence remains today." -Amazon.
OCLC: 16755671
Price: $30.00