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The Pennsylvania Barn Robert F. Ensminger

The Pennsylvania Barn By Robert F. Ensminger

The Pennsylvania Barn by Robert F. Ensminger

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This is a study of an important piece of American vernacular architecture - the forebay bank barn, better known as the Pennsylvania barn or the Pennsylvania German barn. It examines the Swiss prototype and the evolution, distribution and future of this agricultural structure in North America.

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The Pennsylvania Barn: Its Origin, Evolution and Distribution in North America by Robert F. Ensminger

In 'The Pennsylvania Barn' Robert Ensminger provides the first comprehensive study of an important piece of American vernacular architecture--the forebay bank barn, better known as the Pennsylvania barn or the Pennsylvania German barn. He offers a detailed examination of the Swiss prototype and the evolution, distribution, and future of this agricultural structure in North America.

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A comprehensive study that will be of interest to the general reader as well as scholars and students of the vernacular landscape...The book is profusely illustrated with good photographs, diagrams, and line drawings.--'Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Geography' With the perspective of a master builder and farmer and the eye of an artist, Ensminger guides the reader through the historical development of Pennsylvania barns from their origin in medieval Europe to their present-day uses...All may be identified by studyingthe photographs generously scattered throughout the text.--'Illinois Historical Journal' With this volume, Ensminger has drawn our attention to one of the most distinctive buildings in the American landscape, one which offers lessons not only pertinent to American agriculture and ethnic history, but one whose study reveals much about settlement processes. Every scholar concerned with material culture on whatever level will want to read and treasure this book.--'Professional Geographer' Ensminger's volume may well rank as the best scholarly work to date on the study of a specific American barn type...This enthusiastic Pennsylvania scholar-farmer has produced an attractive and highly readable account of the Pennsylvania barn.--Steve C. Gordon, 'Material Culture' [A] monumental study...This commendable book offers a fitting tribute to what is undoubtedly the greatest contribution of Pennsylvania Germans to the agricultural landscape.--Clarke E. Hess, 'Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage'

About Robert F. Ensminger

Robert F. Ensminger is associate professor of geography, emeritus, at Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.

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CIN0801852528G
9780801852527
0801852528
The Pennsylvania Barn: Its Origin, Evolution and Distribution in North America by Robert F. Ensminger
Robert F. Ensminger
Creating the North American Landscape
Used - Good
Paperback
Johns Hopkins University Press
19950801
272
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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