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The Chesapeake House. Architectural Investigation by Colonial Williamsburg.
. Ed(S): Carson, Cary; Lounsbury, Carl R.
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Description for The Chesapeake House. Architectural Investigation by Colonial Williamsburg.
Editor(s): Carson, Cary; Lounsbury, Carl R. Num Pages: 482 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; AMKD; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 316 x 241 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2418.
For more than thirty years, the architectural research department at Colonial Williamsburg has engaged in comprehensive study of early buildings, landscapes, and social history in the Chesapeake region. Its painstaking work has transformed our understanding of building practices in the colonial and early national periods and thereby greatly enriched the experience of visiting historic sites. In this beautifully illustrated volume, a team of historians, curators, and conservators draw on their far-reaching knowledge of historic structures in Virginia and Maryland to illuminate the formation, development, and spread of one of the hallmark building traditions in America architecture.
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For more than thirty years, the architectural research department at Colonial Williamsburg has engaged in comprehensive study of early buildings, landscapes, and social history in the Chesapeake region. Its painstaking work has transformed our understanding of building practices in the colonial and early national periods and thereby greatly enriched the experience of visiting historic sites. In this beautifully illustrated volume, a team of historians, curators, and conservators draw on their far-reaching knowledge of historic structures in Virginia and Maryland to illuminate the formation, development, and spread of one of the hallmark building traditions in America architecture.
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Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
482
Condition
New
Number of Pages
488
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807835777
SKU
V9780807835777
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Ref
99-99
About . Ed(S): Carson, Cary; Lounsbury, Carl R.
Cary Carson is retired vice president of the research division at Colonial Williamsburg.||Carl R. Lounsbury is senior architectural historian at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and teaches history at the College of William and Mary
Reviews for The Chesapeake House. Architectural Investigation by Colonial Williamsburg.
A remarkable book. Cary Carson and his colleagues have transformed the way architectural history fieldwork is performed and in the process have also changed our understanding of the early architecture of the Chesapeake.
Carter L. Hudgins, Clemson University
Carter L. Hudgins, Clemson University