Buildings of North Dakota Hardback
by Steve C. Martens, Ronald L. M. Ramsay
Part of the Buildings of the United States series
Hardback
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For many people outside the state, North Dakota conjures visions of a remote, sparse, and seemingly inhospitable landscape, replete with ghost towns, scattered farmsteads, and settings reminiscent of the movie Fargo.
Yet beyond this facile image lies a spectacular array of high-style, vernacular, ethnic, and modern buildings, a pragmatic architecture that reflects the setting and settlers of the Great Plains.
A distinct "prairie mosaic" of houses, homesteads, and rural churches draws on the cultures of Germans from Russia, Norwegians, and Icelanders, and varied Native American groups such as the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara.
North Dakota's architectural heritage is complemented by more contemporary work dating from Progressive-era boom times and the New Deal to the present.
This volume, with more than 400 entries illustrated by 250 photographs and 17 maps, provides the first comprehensive overview of the state, from Pembina and Walhalla to the Badlands.
This richly diverse legacy includes earthlodges and Eastern Orthodox churches, powwow grounds and campmeeting grounds, and varied settings from the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site to the International Peace Garden.
The cast of characters is equally compelling, among them Sakakawea, Lewis and Clark, the Marquis de Mores, Theodore Roosevelt, Lawrence Welk, Peggy Lee, and regional and international architects working in a range of styles and traditions, from Marcel Breuer to Surrounded-by-Enemy.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:352 pages, 250 black and white photographs, 17 maps
- Publisher:University of Virginia Press
- Publication Date:30/05/2015
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- ISBN:9780813936406
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:352 pages, 250 black and white photographs, 17 maps
- Publisher:University of Virginia Press
- Publication Date:30/05/2015
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- ISBN:9780813936406
