Athens on the frontier : Grecian-style architecture in the splendid valley of the West, 1820-1860 /

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Patrick Lee Lucas examines the material culture of Grecian-style buildings in antebellum America to help recover nineteenth-century regional identities. As communities worked to define their built landscape and develop a shared Western identity, Lucas's study invites readers to question many of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lucas, Patrick Lee (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Lexington] : University Press of Kentucky, [2023]
Colección:Material Worlds Ser.
Temas:
1800-1899
Greek revival (Architecture) > Southwest, Old.
Greek revival (Architecture) > Ohio River Valley Region.
Regionalism in architecture > Southwest, Old.
Regionalism in architecture > Ohio River Valley Region.
Architecture and society > Southwest, Old > History > 19th century.
Architecture and society > Ohio River Valley Region > History > 19th century.
Architecture and society.
Greek revival (Architecture)
Regionalism in architecture.
Architecture.
Architecture and Planning.
United States > Old Southwest.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Patrick Lee Lucas examines the material culture of Grecian-style buildings in antebellum America to help recover nineteenth-century regional identities. As communities worked to define their built landscape and develop a shared Western identity, Lucas's study invites readers to question many of the assumptions Americans have made about divisions and cultural formation in antebellum society.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 238 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:9780813196893
0813196892
9780813196909
0813196906

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