ISBN:
0-585-26817-7
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (1 online resource (ix, 291 pages) :)
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illustrations.
Edition:
2nd ed.
Series Statement:
Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 42
DDC:
390 s
Keywords:
Vernacular architecture.
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Social sciences Customs & Traditions.
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Vernacular architecture
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Texas.
Abstract:
Photographs and text describe historical buildings across Texas that were built with nature-made materials such as rocks, logs, and mud.
Note:
Original hard copy first edition copyright held by The Texas Folklore Society, 1979.
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Includes index.
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Texas folk building: an introduction --
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"Built in Texas" /
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"The cultural geography of folk building forms in Texas" /
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Methods and materials--
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"Building in Texas, 1844-1845" /
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"Texas dugouts" /
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"Adobe: earth, straw, and water" /
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"Log corner notching in Texas" /
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"Texas tie houses" /
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Style and form --
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"Comanche tepees" /
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"Pueblo Indian housing in Texas: Ysleta del Sur" /
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"Alabama-Coushatta buildings" /
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"The old Koch House" /
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"Alsatian architecture in Medina County" /
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"Silesian Polish folk architecture in Texas" /
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"A Russian-German folk house in north Texas" /
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"Shotgun houses and shacks" /
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Barns and outbuildings --
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"Barns and outbuildings" /
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Gates and fences --
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"Rails, rocks, and pickets: traditional farmstead fencing in Texas" /
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"Gates" /
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"The devil's hatband in the Lone Star State: The introduction of barbed wire in Texas" /
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Holding water --
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"Vanes in the wind: art and custom in Texas windmills" /
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"Tank, tub, and cistern" /
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"When the creeks run dry: water milling in the German hill country" /
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Restoration and preservation --
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"The restoration of the Rice Family Log Home" /
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"Outdoor museums in Texas" /
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English
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