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Art from the swamp : how Washington bureaucrats squander millions on awful art /

Few Americans are aware that Washington is the country's largest single patron of art. Every year a group of unelected federal bureaucrats and congressmen spends millions of taxpayer dollars on monuments, sculptures, buildings, plays, and exhibitions, largely without public knowledge or involve...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cole, Bruce, 1938-2018 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Encounter Books, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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