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Kitchens, smokehouses, and privies :outbuildings and the architecture of daily life in the eighteenth-century Mid-Atlantic /Michael Olmert.

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  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-270354

Description

xvi, 286 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Outbuildings
Vernacular architecture 18th century.
Architecture and society History 18th century.
Zweckbau.
Architektur.
Räuchern.
Komposttoilette.
Küchenbau.
Social life and customs 18th century.

Originator

Olmert, Michael.

Contents

Kitchens -- Laundries -- Smokehouses -- Dairies -- Privies -- Offices -- Dovecotes -- Icehouses.

Publication

Ithaca : Cornell University Press

Description

xvi, 286 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

9780801447914 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801447917 (cloth : alk. paper)

Call Number

Coll. NA8301.O46 2009

Places

Middle Atlantic States.
Virginia Tidewater (Region)
Middle Atlantic States
Tidewater (Va. : Region)
USA / Nordoststaaten.

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