Papers by Catherine Boland Erkkila
Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of The Vernacular Architecture Forum, 2015
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
From the mid-nineteenth through early twentieth centuries, American railroad companies played a c... more From the mid-nineteenth through early twentieth centuries, American railroad companies played a crucial role in shaping the physical and cultural landscape of the nation. These companies altered the land by constructing tracks, building stations, and platting towns. Railroad companies also redefined the cultural landscape of the nation by heavily promoting immigration, targeting specific ethnic groups that railroad officials considered desirable, such as northern Europeans, attracting them with employment opportunities, sale of cheap lands, and reduced transportation rates. Although dependent on immigrant traffic and land sales, railroad companies largely catered to the expectations of middle-class American citizens by designing their built environment in accordance with contemporary attitudes toward immigration, not only revealing class and ethnic hierarchies but also reinforcing them. On the East Coast, railroad companies operated at ports of entry in facilities like Baltimore'...
Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum
Book Reviews by Catherine Boland Erkkila
Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, 2024
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Papers by Catherine Boland Erkkila
Book Reviews by Catherine Boland Erkkila