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Looking for Old Ontario
McIlwraith, Thomas F.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, CanadaYear Published: 1997 Pages: 400pp Price: $24.95 ISBN: 0-8020-7658-0 Library of Congress Number: GF512.06M32 1997 Dewey: 304.2'09713 Resource Type: Book Abstract: - Table of Contents Illustrations Preface Acknowledgement Part One: Building old Ontario The evolving vernacular Natural and human history Surveys and place names Building materials and arts Part Two: Reading individual features Houses Revealing details Community buildings Barns Fences Power and Mills Graves and Monuments Part Three: Examining Clusters of Features Farms Roadsides Transport systems Townscapes Part Four: Finding Limits Boundaries Decay and renewal Appendix A: Structure and outside finish Appendix B: Halls Appendix C: A fence typology Notes Suggested Reading Selected Bibliography Illustration Credits Index Subject Headings |