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Characteristically American : memorial architecture, national identity, and the Egyptian revival / Joy M. Giguere.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Giguere, Joy M., 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Monuments--United States.
- Monuments.
- Egyptian revival (Architecture)--United States.
- Egyptian revival (Architecture).
- Nationalism and architecture--United States.
- Nationalism and architecture.
- Architecture and society--United States.
- Architecture and society.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 274 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2014]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781621900399
- 1621900398
- OCLC:
- 866857467
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