How did a mid-eighteenth-century group, the so-called Pennsylvania Germans, build their cultural identity in the face of ethnic stereotyping, nostalgic ideals, and the views imposed by outside contemporaries? Numerous forces create a group's identity, including the views of outsiders, insiders, and the shaping pressure of religious beliefs, but to understand the process better, we must look to clues from material culture.
Cynthia Falk explores the relationship between ethnicity and the buildings, personal belongings, and other cultural artifacts of early Pennsylvania German...
How did a mid-eighteenth-century group, the so-called Pennsylvania Germans, build their cultural identity in the face of ethnic stereotyping, nosta...
Barns of New York explores and celebrates the agricultural and architectural diversity of the Empire State from Long Island to Lake Erie, the Southern Tier to the North Country providing a unique compendium of the vernacular architecture of rural New York. Through descriptions of the appearance and working of representative historic farm buildings, Barns of New York also serves as an authoritative reference for historic preservation efforts across the state.
Cynthia G. Falk connects agricultural buildings both extant examples and those long gone with the products...
Barns of New York explores and celebrates the agricultural and architectural diversity of the Empire State from Long Island to Lake Erie, ...
