Homes in the Heartland : Balloon Frame Farmhouses of the Upper Midwest /

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Homes in the Heartland offers a captivating explanation of the revolutionary balloon frame house construction that swept across Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin from 1850 to 1920, enabling the settlers of the upper Midwest to establish frontier homes. Fred W. Peterson leads...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peterson, Fred W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Edition:1st University of Minnesota Press ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Farmhouses > Design and construction.
Farmhouses.
Balloon framing.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Residential.
Charpentes à claire-voie > Midwest (États-Unis) > Histoire.
Farmhouses > Middle West > History.
Balloon framing > Middle West > History.
Farmhouses > Middle West > Design and construction > History.
Middle West.
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Homes in the Heartland offers a captivating explanation of the revolutionary balloon frame house construction that swept across Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin from 1850 to 1920, enabling the settlers of the upper Midwest to establish frontier homes. Fred W. Peterson leads readers through the technical aspects of farmhouse construction and discusses the social, economic, and aesthetic values of these familiar homes.
Item Description:Originally published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 1992.
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780816656707

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