Buying wood & building farms : marketing lumber and farm building designs on the Canadian prairies, 1880 to 1920 / G.E. Mills.

Main entry:

Mills, G. E. (G. Edward)

Title & Author:

Buying wood & building farms : marketing lumber and farm building designs on the Canadian prairies, 1880 to 1920 / G.E. Mills.

Publication:

Ottawa, Ont. : National Historic Sites, Parks Service, Environment Canada, 1991.

Description:

199 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm

Series:

Studies in archaeology, architecture and history, 0821-1027

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199).

Summary:

"Unlike pioneers of earlier Canadian frontiers, most Prairie settlers had to purchase the material they needed to build their houses and farm buildings. The Prairies' appetite for milled lumber grew dramatically between 1880 and 1920 as new farmers struggled first to provide basic shelter for their families, then to build their farms. Buying Wood and Building Farms described the massive lumber industry that grew to supply this vast market and the influence the industry exerted over farm buildings design during these formative years." -- Back cover.

ISBN:

0660138018
9780660138015

Subject:

Lumber trade Prairie Provinces History.
Farm buildings Prairie Provinces Design and construction History.
Architecture, Domestic Prairie Provinces Designs and plans History.
Farm buildings Prairie Provinces Design.
Bois Commerce Provinces des Prairies Histoire.
Constructions rurales Provinces des Prairies Design.
Architecture domestique Provinces des Prairies Dessins et plans Histoire.
Architecture, Domestic.
Farm buildings Design and construction.
Lumber trade.
Prairie Provinces.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Studies in archaeology, architecture, and history.

Buying wood and building farms

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 85435
Call No.: ID:93-B1645
Status: Available

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