1992. North America, Popular culture, Urban planning, architecture. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 455p., fine paperback but with rippling along spine edge of front and back cover, probably from bindery. 3/23.

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Title: To Build in a New Land: Ethnic Landscapes in North America
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Date: 1992
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0801841895
ISBN 13: 9780801841897
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good

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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.

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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.

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