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"Provides an overview of North American ethnic landscapes and offers portrayals of some of the ethnic groups in the United States and Canada."-- Vernacular Architecture Newsletter. Lavishly illustrated with historical photographs, maps, and architectural drawings, To Build in a New Land includes chapters on Ukrainian pioneer landscapes in western Canada, Cajun farmsteads in Louisiana, Czech settlements in South Dakota, Danish homes in Iowa and Minnesota, vernacular architecture of the German-Russian Mennonites of southeastern Manitoba, Afro-American housing in the southeastern United States, and the regional variations of Irish, English, and Scottish construction in Ontario.Noble, Allen G. is the author of 'To Build in a New Land Ethnic Landscapes in North America', published 1992 under ISBN 9780801841880 and ISBN 0801841887.
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