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Author:
Martens, Steve C.
Title:
Buildings of North Dakota / Steve C. Martens and Ronald H.L.M. Ramsay.
Publisher:
University of Virginia Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xv, 263 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Architecture--North Dakota--Guidebooks.
North Dakota--Guidebooks.
Architecture--Dakota du Nord--Guides.
Dakota du Nord--Guides.
Architecture.
North Dakota.
Guidebooks.
Guidebooks.
Other Authors:
Ramsay, Ronald L. M.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index.
Contents:
Southeast region: Gateway to the Northern Plains -- Northeast region: Cultural linkages across borders -- North Central region: Habitat disturbed, watersheds redeemed -- Northwest region: A landscape transformed by extraction -- Southwest region: Cultures displaced, culture superimposed -- South Central region: Dryland agriculture in the Sauerkraut Triangle -- Glossary.
Summary:
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 earth lodges and Eastern Orthodox churches, powwow grounds and camp meeting grounds, and varied settings from the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site to the International Peace Garden. The cast of characters includes 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.
Series:
Buildings of the United States
ISBN:
0813936403
9780813936406
OCLC:
(OCoLC)881910366
LCCN:
2014025254
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

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