Kitchens, smokehouses, and privies : outbuildings and the architecture of daily life in the eighteenth-century Mid-Atlantic / Michael Olmert.

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Olmert, Michael.

Title & Author:

Kitchens, smokehouses, and privies : outbuildings and the architecture of daily life in the eighteenth-century Mid-Atlantic / Michael Olmert.

Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.

Description:

xvi, 286 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Kitchens -- Laundries -- Smokehouses -- Dairies -- Privies -- Offices -- Dovecotes -- Icehouses.

Summary:

Takes us into the eighteenth-century backyards of colonial America. He explores the many small outbuildings that can still be found at obscure rural farmsteads throughout throughout the Tidewater and greater mid-Atlantic, in towns like Williamsburg and Annapolis, and at elite plantations such as Mount Vernon and Monticello. Explains how these well-made buildings actually functioned. The author is riveted by the history of outbuildings: their architecture, patterns of use, folklore, and even their literary presence. In two appendixes he also considers octagonal and hexagonal structures, which had special significance, both doctrinal and cultural, in early America.--from publisher description.

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ISBN:

9780801447914 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0801447917 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Outbuildings Middle Atlantic States.
Outbuildings Virginia Tidewater (Region)
Vernacular architecture Middle Atlantic States 18th century.
Vernacular architecture Virginia Tidewater (Region) 18th century.
Architecture and society Middle Atlantic States History 18th century.
Architecture and society Virginia Tidewater (Region) History 18th century.
Dépendances États du Moyen-Atlantique (États-Unis)
Dépendances Virginie Tidewater (Région)
Architecture vernaculaire États du Moyen-Atlantique (États-Unis) 18e siècle.
Architecture vernaculaire Virginie Tidewater (Région) 18e siècle.
Architecture et société États du Moyen-Atlantique (États-Unis) Histoire 18e siècle.
Architecture et société Virginie Tidewater (Région) Histoire 18e siècle.
Architecture and society
Manners and customs
Outbuildings
Vernacular architecture
Zweckbau
Architektur
Räuchern
Komposttoilette
Küchenbau
Kök design och konstruktion 1700-talet Förenta staterna.
Avträden 1700-talet Förenta staterna.
Middle Atlantic States Social life and customs 18th century.
Tidewater (Va. : Region) Social life and customs 18th century.
États du Moyen-Atlantique (États-Unis) Mœurs et coutumes 18e siècle.
Tidewater (Virg. : Région) Mœurs et coutumes 18e siècle.
Middle Atlantic States
Virginia Tidewater (Region)
USA Nordoststaaten

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261923
Call No.: BIB 192969
Status: Available

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