Vernacular Architecture (Material Culture)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: September 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780253213952
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Theory of architecture; Architecture; General; Criticism; United States; Vernacular architecture
First sentence: BUILDINGS, LIKE POEMS and rituals, realize culture.
Description: "Based on 35 years of fieldwork, Vernacular Architecture synthesizes a career of concern with traditional building. Henry Glassie articulates the key principles of architectural analysis; then, centering his argument in the United States but drawing comparative examples from many locations in Europe and Asia, he shows how architecture can be a prime resource for someone writing a democratic and comprehensive history."--BOOK JACKET.