The Barrack, 1572-1914: Chapters in the History of Emergency Architecture

by Robert Jan Van Pelt

The shifting meanings, from practical to tragic, associated with the structure of a barrack.

The Barrack, 1572-1914 tells the little-known history of a building type that many people used to register as an alien interloper in conventionally built-up areas. The barrack is a mostly lightweight construction, a hybrid between a shack, tent, and traditional building. Easy to erect and to take down, it is--after the introduction of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3038603651
• ISBN13: 9783038603658
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Park Publishing (WI)
• Length: 528 Pages