Characteristically American : memorial architecture, national Identity, and the egyptian revival /

Characteristically American : memorial architecture, national Identity, and the egyptian revival /

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Main Author: Giguere, Joy M., 1980- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Edition: First edition.

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Egyptian revival (Architecture) > United States.
Monuments > United States.
Nationalism and architecture > United States.

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Call Number: NA9347 .G54

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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.