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Characteristically American : memorial architecture, national identity, and the Egyptian revival /

Prior to the nineteenth century, few Americans knew anything more of Egyptian culture than what could be gained from studying the biblical Exodus. Napoleon's invasion of Egypt at the end of the eighteenth century, however, initiated a cultural breakthrough for Americans as representations of Eg...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Giguere, Joy M., 1980-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The dream of Egypt
  • "The dead shall be raised" : Egyptianizing in the rural cemetery movement
  • Revolutionary monuments : the obelisks of Bunker Hill and Groton Heights
  • America conservata, Africa liberata : the American sphinx at Mount Auburn Cemetery
  • American obelisk : the Washington National Monument
  • From Egyptian revival to American style
  • Coda : the broken obelisk.