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Characteristically American

Giguere, Joy M., 1980-

Characteristically American memorial architecture, national identity, and the Egyptian revival / [electronic resource] : Joy M. Giguere. - First edition. - Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781621900771


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


Electronic books.

NA9347 / .G54 2014

725/.940973