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

Title
Characteristically American : memorial architecture, national identity, and the Egyptian revival / Joy M. Giguere.
Author
Giguere, Joy M., 1980-
Publication
Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2014]

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Description
xvi, 274 pages; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 9781621900399 (hardcover)
  • 1621900398 (hardcover)
LCCN
  • 2013039690
  • 40024013375
OCLC
  • 866857467
  • 2013039690
  • SCSB-5762523
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries