The log cabin : an American icon /

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"For roughly a century, the log cabin occupied a central and indispensable role in the rapidly growing United States. Although it largely disappeared as a living space, it lived on as a symbol of the settling of the nation ... Alison Hoagland looks at this once-common dwelling as a practical sh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoagland, Alison K., 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018.
Temas:
Log cabins > United States.
Collective memory > United States.
Mémoire collective > États-Unis.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Residential.
HOUSE & HOME > Design & Construction.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
Collective memory
Log cabins
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. "The True Rustic Order": Log Cabins in Time and Place
  • 2. Presidential Timber: The Log Cabin as a Symbol of Political Worthiness
  • 3. Hovels and Cottages: The Log Cabin as a Symbol of Poverty
  • 4. Romancing the Wilderness: The Log Cabin as a Symbol of the Pioneer
  • 5. Twentieth-Century Leisure: When a Log Cabin is Not a Log Cabin
  • 6. "All the Pleasures of Primitive Living": The Log Cabin on Vacation
  • 7. Parks and Forests: The Log Cabin as a Public Amenity.

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