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Southern Built
Catherine Bishir
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Description for Southern Built
Hardback. Examines the roles played by local economies and class structures as keys to understanding building practices and results. This book reveals not only the importance, but also the often overlooked expertise of slave artisans in antebellum construction. Num Pages: 400 pages, 183 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
A leader in the fields of both regional architectural history and historic preservation, Catherine Bishir has collected essays covering three decades into one volume. Just as the subjects of her studies are at once regional and national, the essays included here seek to think globally while researching locally. What one observes in the architecture of the Upper South happens throughout the nation: national models, far from being slavishly adopted or - as some might suggest - misinterpreted through provincialism, are adapted to be locally useful and meaningful. Bishir examines the roles played by local economies and class structures as keys ... Read more
A leader in the fields of both regional architectural history and historic preservation, Catherine Bishir has collected essays covering three decades into one volume. Just as the subjects of her studies are at once regional and national, the essays included here seek to think globally while researching locally. What one observes in the architecture of the Upper South happens throughout the nation: national models, far from being slavishly adopted or - as some might suggest - misinterpreted through provincialism, are adapted to be locally useful and meaningful. Bishir examines the roles played by local economies and class structures as keys ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813925387
SKU
V9780813925387
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About Catherine Bishir
Catherine Bishir, Senior Architectural Historian for Preservation North Carolina, is the author of numerous works on the architecture of the Upper South, including most recently A Guide to Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina.
Reviews for Southern Built
Ms. Bishir has written or co-authored the most important works on North Carolina's architecture. This volume equals those in terms of its quality.... These essays represent the kind of interdisciplinary work that characterizes the best of modern architectural history. - Claire W. Dempsey, Boston University Jacob W. Holt, An American Builder""; ""Good and Sufficient Language for Building""; ""Black Builders in ... Read more