Back of the big house : the architecture of plantation slavery / John Michael Vlach.

Main entry:

Vlach, John Michael, 1948- author.

Title & Author:

Back of the big house : the architecture of plantation slavery / John Michael Vlach.

Publication:

Description:

xviii, 258 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 29 cm.

Series:

The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.
The plantation landscape -- Big house quarters -- The yard -- Kitchens -- Smokehouses -- Outbuildings -- Barns and stables -- Production machinery and buildings -- Overseers' houses -- Buildings for slave welfare -- Quarters for field slaves -- Plantation landscape ensembels -- Conclusion.

Summary:

Interviews with former slaves and photographs and architectural drawings present an idea of the role Blacks played in the antebellum South.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0807820857 (hardback)
9780807820858 (hardback)
0807844128 (paperback)
9780807844120 (paperback)

Subject:

Enslaved persons Southern States Social conditions.
Space (Architecture) Southern States History 19th century.
Vernacular architecture Southern States History 19th century.
Plantation life Southern States History 19th century.
Esclaves États-Unis (Sud) Conditions sociales.
Espace (Architecture) États-Unis (Sud) Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture vernaculaire États-Unis (Sud) Histoire 19e siècle.
Vie dans les plantations États-Unis (Sud) Histoire 19e siècle.
Plantation life
Enslaved persons Social conditions
Social conditions
Space (Architecture)
Vernacular architecture
Architektur
Plantage
Sklaverei
Esclave.
Condition sociale.
Architecture vernaculaire.
Histoire.
Espace architectural.
Plantation (Exploitation agricole)
Logement.
19e siècle.
Slaves Southern States.
Space (Architecture) History.
Vernacular architecture History.
Southern States Social conditions.
États-Unis (Sud) Conditions sociales.
Southern States
Nordamerika
USA Südstaaten
États-Unis (Sud)
Plantation Southern History 19th century
Slaves Southern Social conditions
Southern Social conditions
Space Southern History 19th century
Vernacular Southern History 19th century

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
History
Illustrated works.

Added entries:

Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 104946
Call No.: ID PLS E443.V58; ID:94-B2088
Status: Available

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