O'Gorman, James F.

Connecticut valley vernacular : the vanishing landscape and architecture of the New England tobacco fields / James F. O'Gorman ; with photographs by Jack Delano [and others].

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2002.

108 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

"James F. O'Gorman reads through oral histories, newspaper reports, and the terse factual writing of agricultural diaries to bring to life the risks and rewards of living close to the seasons, at the mercy of rainfall and sunshine. He has collected an array of vintage and newly commissioned photos of the work of growing tobacco, from de facto portraits of anonymous laborers to images of the sheds themselves, with all their ventilating doors open, welcoming the air. In this book, O'Gorman treats both the people and the sheds with the respect and admiration their precarious presence requires."--Jacket.

081223670X (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780812236705 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Tobacco Connecticut River Valley.
Tobacco curing Connecticut River Valley.
Vernacular architecture Connecticut River Valley.
Manners and customs.
Tobacco.
Tobacco curing.
Vernacular architecture.
Connecticut River Valley Social life and customs.
Connecticut, Vallée du Mœurs et coutumes.
United States Connecticut River Valley.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 223488
Cote: SB273 .O4 2002
Statut: Disponible