Enclaves of America : : The Rhetoric of American Political Architecture Abroad, 1900-1965 / / Ron Theodore Robin.
Whether determining the style of its embassies or the design of overseas cemeteries for Americans killed in battle, the U.S. government in its rise to global leadership greatly valued architectural symbols as a way of conveying its power abroad. In order to explain the political significance of Amer...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1992 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 43 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- PART ONE
- 1. Prologue: Hesitant Beginnings
- 2. Incident at Sivry-sur-Meuse
- 3. From Palace to Plantation House
- PART TWO
- 4. Interlude
- 5. "Our Own Land on Foreign Soil"
- 6. Foreign Bodies
- 7. Epilogue: Retreat
- Notes
- Bibliographical Essay
- Index