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The Resource Architecture and town planning in colonial North America, James D. Kornwolf, with the assistance of Georgiana W. Kornwolf

Architecture and town planning in colonial North America, James D. Kornwolf, with the assistance of Georgiana W. Kornwolf

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An extraordinary work, unparalleled in its breadth and depth of detail, this three-volume set offers the first comprehensive history of architecture and town planning throughout colonial North America, from Russian Alaska to French Quebec, to Spanish Florida and California, to British, Dutch, and other settlements on the East Coast. Across this vast terrain, James Kornwolf conjures the outlines of the constructed environment as it emerged in settlements and communities, in structures and sites, and in the flourishes and idiosyncrasies of the families and individuals who erected and inhabited colonial buildings and towns. Here as never before readers can observe the impulses and principles of colonial design and planning as they are implemented in the buildings and streets, harbors and squares, gardens and landscapes of the New World. Incorporating more than 3,000 illustrations, Kornwolf's massive work conveys the full range of the colonial encounter with the continent's geography, from the high forms of architecture through formal landscape design and town planning. From these pages emerge the fine arts of environmental design, an understanding of the political and economic events that helped to determine settlement in North America, an appreciation of the various architectural and landscape forms that the settlers created, and an awareness of the diversity of the continent's geography and its peoples. Considering the humblest buildings along with the mansions of the wealthy and powerful, public buildings, forts, and churches, Kornwolf captures the true dynamism and diversity of colonial communities--their rivalries and frictions, their outlooks and attitudes--as they extended their hold on the land. His work conveys for the first time the full scale, from intimate to grand, of their enduring transformation of the natural landscape of North America
Language
eng
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Extent
3 volumes (xxx, 1770 pages)
Contents
  • V.1 -- Continental Powers and Peoples in North America, 1562-1867 -- Chapter 1. Spain in North America above the Rio Grande, 1565-1821 -- Chapter 2. France in North America, 1562-1763 -- Chapter 3. The Netherlands, Sweden, and Russia in North America, 1609-1867, German Settlements, 1683-1800, and African American Housing, 1650-1850
  • V.2 -- England in North America, 1585-1867 -- Chapter 4. England in Virginia, 1585-1776 -- Chapter 5. England in Maryland and Delaware, 1634-1776 -- Chapter 6. England in the Carolinas and Georgia, 1660-1776 -- Chapter 7. England in New England, 1607-1776 -- Chapter 8. England in the Middle Colonies: New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, 1664-1776
  • V.3 -- Great Britain in Canada, 1610-1815, and the Uniting States, 1776-1815 -- Chapter 9. Great Britain in Canada, 1610-1815 -- Chapter 10. The Uniting States: Romantic Classicism and the Late Colonial, 1776-1815 -- Appendix A. Builders of Colonial North America -- Appendix B. Buildings of Colonial North America
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9780801859861
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Architecture and town planning in colonial North America
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Architecture and town planning in colonial North America
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James D. Kornwolf, with the assistance of Georgiana W. Kornwolf
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Language
eng
Summary
An extraordinary work, unparalleled in its breadth and depth of detail, this three-volume set offers the first comprehensive history of architecture and town planning throughout colonial North America, from Russian Alaska to French Quebec, to Spanish Florida and California, to British, Dutch, and other settlements on the East Coast. Across this vast terrain, James Kornwolf conjures the outlines of the constructed environment as it emerged in settlements and communities, in structures and sites, and in the flourishes and idiosyncrasies of the families and individuals who erected and inhabited colonial buildings and towns. Here as never before readers can observe the impulses and principles of colonial design and planning as they are implemented in the buildings and streets, harbors and squares, gardens and landscapes of the New World. Incorporating more than 3,000 illustrations, Kornwolf's massive work conveys the full range of the colonial encounter with the continent's geography, from the high forms of architecture through formal landscape design and town planning. From these pages emerge the fine arts of environmental design, an understanding of the political and economic events that helped to determine settlement in North America, an appreciation of the various architectural and landscape forms that the settlers created, and an awareness of the diversity of the continent's geography and its peoples. Considering the humblest buildings along with the mansions of the wealthy and powerful, public buildings, forts, and churches, Kornwolf captures the true dynamism and diversity of colonial communities--their rivalries and frictions, their outlooks and attitudes--as they extended their hold on the land. His work conveys for the first time the full scale, from intimate to grand, of their enduring transformation of the natural landscape of North America
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Kornwolf, James D
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illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
NA703
LC item number
.K67 2002
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non fiction
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bibliography
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Kornwolf, Georgiana Wallis
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  • Architecture
  • Architecture
  • Architecture, Colonial
  • City planning
  • Architecture coloniale
  • Urbanisme
  • Architecture
  • Architecture, Colonial
  • City planning
  • Gebouwen
  • Stadsplanning
  • Koloniale periode
  • Stadtplanung
  • Architektur
  • North America
  • Nordamerika
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Architecture and town planning in colonial North America, James D. Kornwolf, with the assistance of Georgiana W. Kornwolf
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • V.1 -- Continental Powers and Peoples in North America, 1562-1867 -- Chapter 1. Spain in North America above the Rio Grande, 1565-1821 -- Chapter 2. France in North America, 1562-1763 -- Chapter 3. The Netherlands, Sweden, and Russia in North America, 1609-1867, German Settlements, 1683-1800, and African American Housing, 1650-1850
  • V.2 -- England in North America, 1585-1867 -- Chapter 4. England in Virginia, 1585-1776 -- Chapter 5. England in Maryland and Delaware, 1634-1776 -- Chapter 6. England in the Carolinas and Georgia, 1660-1776 -- Chapter 7. England in New England, 1607-1776 -- Chapter 8. England in the Middle Colonies: New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, 1664-1776
  • V.3 -- Great Britain in Canada, 1610-1815, and the Uniting States, 1776-1815 -- Chapter 9. Great Britain in Canada, 1610-1815 -- Chapter 10. The Uniting States: Romantic Classicism and the Late Colonial, 1776-1815 -- Appendix A. Builders of Colonial North America -- Appendix B. Buildings of Colonial North America
Dimensions
29 cm.
Extent
3 volumes (xxx, 1770 pages)
Isbn
9780801859861
Lccn
00011535
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)45066419
  • (OCoLC)ocm45066419
Label
Architecture and town planning in colonial North America, James D. Kornwolf, with the assistance of Georgiana W. Kornwolf
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • V.1 -- Continental Powers and Peoples in North America, 1562-1867 -- Chapter 1. Spain in North America above the Rio Grande, 1565-1821 -- Chapter 2. France in North America, 1562-1763 -- Chapter 3. The Netherlands, Sweden, and Russia in North America, 1609-1867, German Settlements, 1683-1800, and African American Housing, 1650-1850
  • V.2 -- England in North America, 1585-1867 -- Chapter 4. England in Virginia, 1585-1776 -- Chapter 5. England in Maryland and Delaware, 1634-1776 -- Chapter 6. England in the Carolinas and Georgia, 1660-1776 -- Chapter 7. England in New England, 1607-1776 -- Chapter 8. England in the Middle Colonies: New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, 1664-1776
  • V.3 -- Great Britain in Canada, 1610-1815, and the Uniting States, 1776-1815 -- Chapter 9. Great Britain in Canada, 1610-1815 -- Chapter 10. The Uniting States: Romantic Classicism and the Late Colonial, 1776-1815 -- Appendix A. Builders of Colonial North America -- Appendix B. Buildings of Colonial North America
Dimensions
29 cm.
Extent
3 volumes (xxx, 1770 pages)
Isbn
9780801859861
Lccn
00011535
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (OCoLC)45066419
  • (OCoLC)ocm45066419

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