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The Caribbean offers a huge variety of architectural styles which have been influenced by the many European settlers who colonised the islands, as well as the Africans, Amerindians and East Indians who were brought to the region as labourers. Some styles are unique to individual islands such as the chattel houses in Barbados or the urban townhouses in St Croix. Throughout the region there is significant evidence of a strong Georgian influence government buildings, churches, libraries and other public buildings as well as the large plantation houses. In this book, Suzanne Gordon and Anne Hersh take the reader on a guided tour of the architectural highlights of the Eastern Caribbean, from Anguilla to Trinidad. Illustrated with detailed photographs of buildings and architectural features and accompanied by maps and architectural plans, this is a knowledgeable and interesting account of the development and influences of construction and design in the Caribbean.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #468399 in Books
• Published on: 2005-12-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 278 pages

About the Author
Suzanne Gordon, a travel writer, has been a journalist for thirty years and was a staff writer for the Philadelphia Enquirer from 1982 to 1998. She left daily journalism to become a full-time writer based in the Caribbean and now lives on the island of Nevis. For the past several years she has worked on historic studies with Caribbean Volunteer Expeditions.

Anne Hersh is an architect based in Corning, New York. She has been conducting studies of ruins and historic sites throughout the Caribbean assisting local historical societies and museums through Caribbean Volunteer Expeditions which she founded. She currently practices architecture in Nevis and other parts of the Caribbean as well as New York. Her particular interest is historic preservation.