Back of the Big House The Architecture of Plantation Slavery

Name: Back of the Big House The Architecture of Plantation Slavery
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ISBN: 9780807844120

ISBN-10: 0807844128

ISBN-13: 9780807844120

Edition: 1993

Authors: John Michael Vlach

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Splendid. Using photographs and drawings from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) dating back to the 1930s, oral histories of former slaves taken by the Federal Writers Program, antebellum travel accounts and agricultural journals, modern agricultural histories, and the vast literature on the history of slavery, Vlach deftly weaves an account of plantation life in the slave's territory, back of the 'Big House. Design Book Review

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List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 5/28/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 278
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.958
Language: English

John Michael Vlach is professor of American studies and anthropology and director of the folklife program at The George Washington University. His books include The Planter's Prospect: Privilege and Slavery in Plantation Paintings and The Afro-American Tradition in the Decorative Arts.



Preface


Acknowledgements



the Plantation Landscape



Big Quarters



the Yard



Kitchens



Smokehouses



Outbuildings



Barns and Stables



Production Machinery and Buildings



Overseers' Houses



Building for Slave Welfare



Quarters for Field Slaves



Plantation Landscape Ensembles



Conclusion


Notes


Index