A classic work on farm buildings made by nineteenth-century New Englanders refreshed with a new introduction. Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn portrays the four essential components of the stately and beautiful connected farm buildings made by nineteenth-century New Englanders that stand today as a living expression of a rural culture, offering insights into the people who made them and their agricultural way of life. A visual delight as well as an engaging tribute to our nineteenth-century forebears, this book, first published nearly forty years ago, has become one of the standard works on regional farmsteads in America. This new edition features a new preface by the author.Thomas C. Hubka is professor emeritus in the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In 2006 he received the Vernacular Architecture Forums Henry Glassie Award in recognition of his lifetime of achievement. His most recent book is How the Working-Class Home Became Modern, 1900-1940. Book specifications:Dimensions: 269 x 224Author: Thomas C. HubkaCover type: PaperbackPublishing Year: 2022Publishing Month: 12Pages: 252Language: EnglishPublisher: Brandeis University PressWeight: 703 g