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Folk Furniture of Canada's Doukhobors, Hutterites, Mennonites and Ukrainians.

Publication: Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal
Publication Date: 22-JUN-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Folk Furniture of Canada's Doukhobors, Hutterites, Mennonites and Ukrainians. John Fleming and Michael Rowan. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2004, 155 pp., including notes, bibliography, and index; $60.00 hc.

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...advances present beautiful pictures featuring traditional designs of furniture unique to the four ethnocultural communities studied. The result is one of the most exquisitely illustrated books I have encountered in recent years.

Folk Furniture is divided into six major sections, the first of which offers a discussion of utopian ideology and folk traditions. The authors readily admit that the origins of the Doukhobors, Hutterites, Mennonites, and Ukrainians are very different,...

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