Background
Tomlan, Michael Andrew was born on February 16, 1947 in New York City. Son of Andrew Joseph and Mary Louise (Bush) Tomlan.
( Today hop growing remains a viable commercial enterpris...)
Today hop growing remains a viable commercial enterprise only in parts of the far western United States--notably in Washington. But, as James Fenimore Cooper remembered, the mid-nineteenth century in Cooperstown, New York, was a time when "the 'hop was king,' and the whole countryside was one great hop yard, and beautiful". In Tinged with Gold, Michael A. TomIan explores all aspects of hop culture in the United States and provides a background for understanding the buildings devoted to drying, baling, and storing hops. The work considers the history of these structures as it illustrates their development over almost two centuries, the result of agrarian commercialism and nearly continuous technological improvement. In examining the context in which the buildings were constructed, Tomlan considers the growth, cultivation, and harvesting of the plant; the economic, social, and recreational activities of the people involved in hop culture; and the record of mechanical inventions and technical developments that shaped hop kilns, hop houses, and hop driers and coolers in the various areas where the crop flourished. The work challenges assumptions about the noncommercial nature of American agriculture in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and raises important questions about the "folk" tradition of hop houses, arguing that the designs of these buildings were rational responses to commercial imperatives rather than the continuance of arcane English or European customs. Tinged with Gold brings hop culture to life as it explores the history of this neglected aspect of rural agriculture. Because the work demonstrates that the significance of a relatively obscure building type can be fully appreciated if placed in its historical context, it provides a model for studying other rural structures. Drawing upon an impressive array of primary and secondary sources, this work is a definitive history of hop culture in the United States.
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preservation educator architectural historian
Tomlan, Michael Andrew was born on February 16, 1947 in New York City. Son of Andrew Joseph and Mary Louise (Bush) Tomlan.
Bachelor of Architecture, University Tennessee, 1973. Master of Science in History Preservation, Columbia University, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy in History of Architecture, Cornell University, 1983.
Assistant professor, department architecture Cornell University, 1976—1977, instructor, department city and regional planning, 1979—1983, assistant professor, 1983—1991, associate professor, since 1991. Associate professor, department architecture Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1977—1979. Consultant in field; With United States Army, 1968-1971.
( Today hop growing remains a viable commercial enterpris...)
Member, chairman Board Zoning Appeals, Ithaca, New York, 1982-1991. Served with United States Army, 1968-1971. Quester"s scholar, 1973-1974.
Member National Trust History Preservation, Association Preservation Technology, Society Architectural Historians, Canada Heritage Foundation, International Council on Monuments and Sites.
Club: Cornell.
Married Mary Kay Raddant, April 24, 1976.