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• W4383460453 abstract "106 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE The New World Dutch Barn. By John Fitchen. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syra­ cuse University Press, 1968. Pp. xviii -|- 178; illustrations; maps; bib­ liographical notes; pictorial glossary. $12.50. John Fitchen came to prominence among medieval and architectural historians in 1961, when the Clarendon Press published his Construction of Gothic Cathedrals, a remarkable work of conjectural scholarship that will very likely remain the last word on the subject for many years to come. The present book represents simultaneously a labor of personal and regional love, something of a holiday from more strenuous inquiries, and a contribution to a series of New York State Studies sponsored by Syracuse University. In many respects it is an exemplary work of tech­ nological history. Focusing exclusively on the barns built by colonial Dutch settlers in the Hudson, Mohawk, and Schoharie valleys, Fitchen offers a thorough examination of the main functional enclosures of the barn, the differences between New World and Old World forms, the chief structural elements and their action, and a conjectural essay on erectional procedures, concerning which no records have survived. The illustrations include a generous number of photographic plates and drawings, the latter showing complete frames in elevation and isometric projection, transverse and longitudinal sections, and numerous details of joints. These drawings, skillfully executed by the author himself, con­ stitute the best feature of the book; with their long captions and ex­ planatory texts, they have considerable pedagogical value for the teacher of building techniques. There is no doubt that the Dutch Barn is an excellent monograph, with everything in place, properly documented and illustrated; yet there are several questions that the reviewer is compelled to raise. Once again, I must complain about overdoing the analytical mode of presenta­ tion, especially in a work of such narrow compass. Fitchen separates general description from specific description, isolates differences be­ tween New and Old World barns in tabular form, and separates all of these from structural considerations. The result is that he not onlv ob­ scures the unity of the artifact he is describing but omits some essential details, probably because of an unrecognized confusion in his own mind as to what he has treated in the various subdivisions. He properly describes the threshing floor and the bay loft in their relation to the structure and its enclosing envelope, but he fails to explain the familiar division of the barn into “nave” and side aisles, which was adopted to provide stalls for the animals in rows along either side of the spacious central volume, with its supply of grain and hay. He presents all the main structural elements and their action under “Specific Description,” although one might well argue that they properly belong under “Struc­ tural Considerations.” As a matter of fact, the initial separation itself is an artificiality; the physical elements constitute an active functioning TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 107 assemblage, a fact which ought to be established by unified treatment. Fitchen’s explanation of the role of struts is oversimplified: they do not simply link columns or connect parts of the frame but also act as ties in counteracting the outward deflection of columns arising from rafter thrust, and they help to prevent buckling under vertical loads, espe­ cially in the long nave columns. Finally, the text and the maps carry the implication that the Dutch were confined to the Hudson and Delaware watersheds, but there were extensive postcolonial Dutch settlements in other parts of the United States, most notably in southern Michigan, where such placenames as Holland, Watervliet, and Zeeland attest to their presence. And where the Dutch farmers went, the barns and their influence went with them. Carl W. Condit* Busted and Still Running. By Edgar T. Mead, Jr. Brattleboro, Vt.: Stephen Greene Press, 1968. Pp. vi+58. $3.95. This book is a good example of an enthusiast’s history, in this instance of the Bridgton & Saco River narrow-gauge railroad in Maine. It has the usual strength of such books—intensive treatment of locomotives, rolling stock, and track layout, with a good feeling for the atmosphere of the line, in this case buttressed by the author’s own experience as superintendent of..." @default.
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