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The property of the nation George Washington's tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President /

"In the nineteenth century, George Washington became remembered as a man of the common people and the father of American democracy, despite the fact he was an aristocratic elite who believed in a strong centralized government. Following his death in 1799, the political leaders and social elites...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Costello, Matthew (Matthew R.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The body republic : Pater Patriae and the politics of disinterment
  • "There's money in old George's bones" : John Augustine Washington III and the advent of historical tourism
  • Cultivators of legend : enslaved storytellers at Mount Vernon
  • Frontiersman, solider, and farmer : the democratic Washington in popular culture
  • The civic pilgrimage : Washington's tomb and the veneration of Washington relics
  • "Guardians of a national shrine" : the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and the legacy of Washington
  • Conclusion: Washington of the people, by the people, for the people.