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Architects and builders in North Carolina : a history of the practice of building / Catherine W. Bishir, Charlotte V. Brown, Carl R. Lounsbury, Ernest H. Wood III ; research assistance by J. Marshall Bullock and William B. Bushong.

Bishir, Catherine W., (author.). Bullock, J. Marshall, (researcher.). Bushong, William, (researcher.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0807818984
  • ISBN: 9780807818985
  • Physical Description: xi, 540 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1990]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-519) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The plague of building: construction practices on the frontier, 1650-1730 / Carl R. Lounsbury -- A proper good nice and workmanlike manner: a century of traditional building practice, 1730-1830 / Catherine W. Bishir -- A spirit of improvement: changes in building practice, 1830-1860 / Catherine W. Bishir -- The wild melody of steam: the mechanization of the manufacture of building materials, 1850-1890 / Carl R. Lounsbury -- The advance in industrial enterprise: building with the new technology, 1865-1900 / Charlotte V. Brown -- The opportunities are unlimited: architects and builders since 1945 / Ernest H. Wood, III.
Subject:
Architectural practice > North Carolina.
Building > Practice > North Carolina.
Construction industry > North Carolina.
Vernacular architecture > North Carolina.
North Caroliniana.
Architects and builders in North Carolina.

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