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Marling, Karal Ann

George Washington Slept Here : Colonial Revivals and American Culture, 1876–1986 / Karal Ann Marling. - Reprint 2014 - 1 online resource (453 p.) : illustrations

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- 1. TWO PRAYERS IN THE SNOW -- 2. TEATIME AT VALLEY FORGE -- 3. COLONIAL HISTORY DOMESTICATED -- 4. ARCHITECTURE, ANCESTRY, AND HIGH SOCIETY -- 5. GEORGE WASHINGTON HUMANIZED -- 6. THE COLONIAL REVIVAL -- 7. WASHINGTONIANA -- 8. NEOCOLONIAL POLITICS -- 9. HEROES, HISTORY, AND MODERN CELEBRITIES -- 10. HERBERT HOOVER AND THE CHERRY TREE -- 11. POPULAR HISTORY -- 12. A GEORGE WASHINGTON FOR ALL OCCASIONS -- NOTES -- CREDITS -- INDEX

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780674422759 9780674423084

Standard No.: 10.4159/harvard.9780674423084 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Anniversaries.
Geschichte Nordamerikas.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
Kult.
Popular culture.
ART / Popular Culture.
HISTORY / United States / General.
Popular culture -- United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Influence.
HISTORY / United States / General.

LC Class. No.: E312.17

Dewey Class. No.: 973.9