The log cabin : an illustrated history / Andrew Belonsky.
The log cabin : an illustrated history / Andrew Belonsky.
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Publisher
New York, NY : The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2017/6162
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Language
English
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Physical content
315 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
History, straight up. Hard truths ; Immigration nation: the log cabin as freedom ; Founding Fathers throwing shade ; The log cabin as colonization -- Myth-making (and selling). The cabin as muse ; The log cabin, populist icon ; An American myth, vol. 1 ; The log cabin and that "peculiar institutio...
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Publisher
New York, NY : The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
Like a wooden security blanket that Americans reach for when times get tough, the log cabin has endured as a uniquely American symbol of home and hearth. This strain of cabin fever is no fleeting trend: It has struck at regular intervals since the early 1900s, when log cabin vacations first became an option for an increasingly mobile America. Now...
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The log cabin : an illustrated history / Andrew Belonsky.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-304) and index.
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G 2017/6162
Record Identifier
74VKVG6DbMQX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVG6DbMQX
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ISBN
1682680800 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9781682680803 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
728.730973
MMS ID
991024151114502626
