ISBN:
9781442676817
,
1442676817
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiv, 400 pages)
,
illustrations, maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als McIlwraith, Thomas F Looking for old Ontario
DDC:
304.209713
Keywords:
Human geography Ontario, Southern
;
Landscape assessment Ontario, Southern
;
Buildings History
;
Ontario, Southern
;
Géographie sociale Ontario (Sud)
;
Paysage Histoire
;
Ontario (Sud)
;
Constructions Histoire
;
Ontario (Sud)
;
Human geography
;
Landscape assessment
;
Buildings History
;
Human geography
;
Landscape assessment
;
Landschaft
;
Architektur
;
Volksarchitektur
;
Géographie sociale ; Ontario (Sud)
;
Paysage ; Ontario (Sud) ; Histoire
;
Constructions ; Ontario (Sud) ; Histoire
;
Paysage ; Évaluation ; Ontario (Canada)
;
Geschichte 1800-1997
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography
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ARCHITECTURE ; Landscape
;
Buildings
;
Historical geography
;
Livres numériques
;
History
;
Ontario, Southern Historical geography
;
Ontario (Sud) Géographie historique
;
Ontario (Sud)
;
Géographie historique
;
Ontario (Canada)
;
Ontario
;
Ontario, Southern
;
Ontario, Southern Historical geography
;
Southern Ontario
;
Ontario
;
Ontario (Sud) ; Géographie historique
;
Ontario (Canada)
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
Looking for Old Ontario guides the traveller through the vernacular landscape of the province, to look in a new way at barns and fences, jails and post offices, inns and mills, canals and railways, roadsides, cemeteries, and much, much more. To McIlwraith's trained eye, even the most ordinary features of the cultural landscape can communicate social meaning. He shows us how to date a house. He explains the popularity of brick in the province. He notes the economical use and reuse of materials and ponders their meaning. He helps us look with fresh eyes at 'the unexceptional, the ordinary, the vernacular, ' for it is there, he believes, that we may uncover the character of those who have built and rebuilt old Ontario. This book will be useful to general readers anywhere who are interested in recognizing the broader meanings of their communities' heritage, as well as the students of geography, history, and planning
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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