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George Washington written upon the land : nature, memory, myth & landscape /
"In George Washington Written upon the Land, Philip Levy explores this most famous of American childhoods through its relationship to the Virginia farm where much of it took place. Using approaches from biography, archaeology, folklore, and studies of landscape and material culture, Levy focuse...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Morgantown :
West Virginia University Press,
2015.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "The most storied ground in America" : an introduction
- "Somewhere this had beginnings" : unspooling Washington's childhood biography
- Completing the circuit of memory : Washington and his parting survey
- The subterranean young Washington : crafting a material narrative for the childhood years
- Fruits of morality and fruits of the market : Weems's idyll at the crossroads of war and markets
- "The local appellation based on tradition only" : making history from process at George Washington's surveying office
- To change the world : young George and Ferry Farm in the era of human-induced climate change.