The Pennsylvania barn : its origin, evolution, and distribution in North America / Robert F. Ensminger.

Main entry:

Ensminger, Robert F., 1927-

Title & Author:

The Pennsylvania barn : its origin, evolution, and distribution in North America / Robert F. Ensminger.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Description:

xvii, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-339) and index.
1. The Origin of the Pennsylvania Barn -- 2. Classification of the Pennsylvania Barn -- 3. The Evolution of the Pennsylvania Barn -- 4. Diffusion and Distribution of the Pennsylvania Barn -- 5. The Future of the Pennsylvania Barn -- 6. The Pennsylvania Barn Update: New Insights, Corrections, and Amendments -- App. A. Supplemental Sightings of Pennsylvania Barns -- App. B. Classification of Pennsylvania Barns by Charles Dornbusch.

Summary:

"Robert F. Ensminger provided the first comprehensive study of a piece of American vernacular architecture - the forebay bank barn, better known as the Pennsylvania barn or the Pennsylvania German barn. Now, in this revised edition, Ensminger gives us the results of his continued diligent fieldwork and archival research into the origins, evolution, and distribution in North America of this significant agricultural structure. Including an entire chapter of new material, 85 new illustrations, and updates to previous chapters, this edition of Ensminger's classic work will appeal to students and scholars in cultural and historical geography, folklore and vernacular architectural history, and American studies, as well as to general readers."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0801871344
9780801871344

Subject:

Barns Pennsylvania History.
Granges Pennsylvanie Histoire.
Barns.
Pennsylvania.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Creating the North American landscape.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 228642
Call No.: NA8230 .E5 2003
Status: Available

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