The Mountain West: Interpreting the Folk Landscape

by Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov and Charles F. Gritzner

Why is the West--both in the United States and Canada--not like the East? Traditionally, two answers have been given to the question: Either the West is a pioneer culture--the old frontier moved westward from what we now call the East--or the West is a unique subculture originating in a human response to the demands of a dry, rugged physical environment. In this groundbreaking volume, Terry Jordan and his co-authors look to the log folk buildings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801854318
• ISBN13: 9780801854316
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 10.3"