Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn – The Connected Farm Buildings of New England
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Brandeis University Press
Published:31st Jan '23
Should be back in stock very soon
A classic work on farm buildings made by nineteenth-century New Englanders refreshed with a new introduction.
Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn portrays the four essential components of the stately and beautiful connected farm buildings made by nineteenth-century New Englanders that stand today as a living expression of a rural culture, offering insights into the people who made them and their agricultural way of life. A visual delight as well as an engaging tribute to our nineteenth-century forebears, this book, first published nearly forty years ago, has become one of the standard works on regional farmsteads in America. This new edition features a new preface by the author.
Praise for the previous edition:
"An unexpected small masterpiece that has some of the suspense of a detective story and, at times, the poignance of deeply felt, sympathetic social history."--Robert Campbell, Boston Globe
Praise for the Previous Edition:
"An important pioneering effort. The book commemorates both an unique indigenous architectural expression and a way of life that has become extinct . . . The style is economic and clear and Hubka's affection for architecture binds the buildings to their people and their times." * Maine Sunday Times *
Praise for the previous edition:
"An unexpected small masterpiece that has some of the suspense of a detective story and, at times, the poignance of deeply felt, sympathetic social history." * Boston Globe *
Praise for the Previous Edition:
"No matter where you live, you will want this book as a model of vernacular architecture scholarship." * Vernacular Architecture Newsletter *
ISBN: 9781684581351
Dimensions: 276mm x 214mm x 16mm
Weight: 708g
252 pages