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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lucas, Patrick Lee (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Lexington] : University Press of Kentucky, [2023]
Series:Material Worlds Ser.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Halftitle page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction: Rethinking Region
  • Contexts
  • 1. Myths of the Land
  • 2. Names on the Land
  • 3. Grecian-Style Buildings on the Land
  • 4. Views of the Land
  • Temples
  • 5. Temples for Governing
  • 6. Temples for Learning
  • 7. Temples for Dwelling
  • 8. Temples for Worship
  • 9. Temples for Commerce
  • Conclusion: [Re]constructing Region
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Material Worlds

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