Ethnic, regional, and class differences have flavored the nations vernacular architecture. Prudon trace European ethnic influences in the folk structures of Delaware and the houses of Rhode Island, in Virginias Renish homes, and in the Dutch barn widely repeated in rural America. Surveying the buildings of Americas settlement, scholars including Henry Glassie, Norman Morrison Isham, Edward A. Roberts reconstruct the social and cultural contexts of the modern bungalow, the small-town courthouse square, the shotgun house of the South, and the log buildings of the Midwest. In essays that focus on buildings and spaces unique to the U.S. Examining Americas houses and cityscapes, its rural outbuildings and landscapes from perspectives including cultural geography, decorative arts, architectural history, and folklore, these articles reflect the variety and vibrancy of the growing field of vernacular architecture. Book Synopsis Exploring Americas material culture, Common Places reveals the history, culture, and social and class relationships that are the backdrop of the everyday structures and environments of ordinary people.
The indexes of the first hundred numbers (1966-1999), ordered by issue, author, and topic, are available for consultation.About the Book Examining Americas houses and cityscapes, its rural outbuildings and landscapes from perspectives including cultural geography, decorative arts, architectural history, and folklore, these articles reflect the variety and vibrancy of the growing field of vernacular architecture. The latest issues centred on the themes of slavery and conversions in the Mediterranean, on the historical-geographical research in recent years, on the re-elaboration of East-European memories after the Cold War, on the questions opened by the use of post-colonical sources, on the objects of science and the "systems of exception". Each issue comprises a dedicated section in which several authors develop a broad thematic canvas. It has featured the contribution of Italian and international scholars, such as Alberto Caracciolo, Maurice Aymard, Carlo Ginzburg, Peter Burke, Carlo Poni, Pasquale Villani, Christiane Klapish, and Gianna Pomata.
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