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Creating Colonial Williamsburg : The Restoration of Virginia's Eighteenth-Century Capital /
In Creating Colonial Williamsburg, Anders Greenspan examines the restoration and re-creation of the structures and gardens of Virginia's colonial capital beginning in 1926. The restoration was undertaken by the Rockefeller family, whose aim was to promote a twentieth-century appreciation for ei...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
2009.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In Creating Colonial Williamsburg, Anders Greenspan examines the restoration and re-creation of the structures and gardens of Virginia's colonial capital beginning in 1926. The restoration was undertaken by the Rockefeller family, whose aim was to promote a twentieth-century appreciation for eighteenth-century ideals. Ironically, those ideals, including democracy, individualism, and representative government, were often promoted at the expense of a more complete understanding of the town's true history. The meaning and purpose of Colonial Williamsburg has changed over time, along with America' |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 pages): illustrations, map |
| ISBN: | 9781469664323 |