Ozark Vernacular Houses A Study of Rural Homeplaces in the Arkansas Ozarks, 1830-1930 |
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| Author:
| Sizemore, Jean |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55728-310-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1994 |
| Publisher: | University of Arkansas Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $42.95 |
Book Description:
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Over 160 photographs, drawings, and maps provide examples of the four traditional Ozark house types and reveal the unity of a distinctive Arkansas culture that bears identity with all hill peoples. Of importance to architects, folklorists, cultural historians, and anyone interested in the Ozarks, this fascinating examination of the Ozark house is a way toward understanding the mind of the inhabitants and their entire way of life.
Over 160 photographs, drawings, and maps provide examples of the four traditional Ozark house types and reveal the unity of a distinctive Arkansas culture that bears identity with all hill peoples. Of importance to architects, folklorists, cultural historians, and anyone interested in the Ozarks, this fascinating examination of the Ozark house is a way toward understanding the mind of the inhabitants and their entire way of life.