Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Periodical Source Index, 1847-1985: Places
Author: Periodical Source Index
Author: The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Beginning in 1924, Proceedings are incorporated into the Apr. number.
New-England Historical and Genealogical Register
Author: Who was who in America
Author: Characteristically American
Author: Joy GiguerePublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1621900770
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Prior to the nineteenth century, few Americans knew anything more of Egyptian culture than what could be gained from studying the biblical Exodus. Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt at the end of the eighteenth century, however, initiated a cultural breakthrough for Americans as representations of Egyptian culture flooded western museums and publications, sparking a growing interest in all things Egyptian that was coined Egyptomania. As Egyptomania swept over the West, a relatively young America began assimilating Egyptian culture into its own national identity, creating a hybrid national heritage that would vastly affect the memorial landscape of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Far more than a study of Egyptian revivalism, this book examines the Egyptian style of commemoration from the rural cemetery to national obelisks to the Sphinx at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Giguere argues that Americans adopted Egyptian forms of commemoration as readily as other neoclassical styles such as Greek revivalism, noting that the American landscape is littered with monuments that define the Egyptian style’s importance to American national identity. Of particular interest is perhaps America’s greatest commemorative obelisk: the Washington Monument. Standing at 555 feet high and constructed entirely of stone—making it the tallest obelisk in the world—the Washington Monument represents the pinnacle of Egyptian architecture’s influence on America’s desire to memorialize its national heroes by employing monumental forms associated with solidity and timelessness. Construction on the monument began in 1848, but controversy over its design, which at one point included a Greek colonnade surrounding the obelisk, and the American Civil War halted construction until 1877. Interestingly, Americans saw the completion of the Washington Monument after the Civil War as a mending of the nation itself, melding Egyptian commemoration with the reconstruction of America. As the twentieth century saw the rise of additional commemorative obelisks, the Egyptian Revival became ensconced in American national identity. Egyptian-style architecture has been used as a form of commemoration in memorials for World War I and II, the civil rights movement, and even as recently as the 9/11 remembrances. Giguere places the Egyptian style in a historical context that demonstrates how Americans actively sought to forge a national identity reminiscent of Egyptian culture that has endured to the present day.
St Stephen's Green, Dublin, 1660-1875
Author: Desmond McCabePublisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Reports and Documents
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1774
Book Description
An Index of the Source Records of Maryland
Author: Eleanor Phillips PassanoPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806302713
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
The major part of this work is an alphabetically arranged and cross-indexed list of some 20,000 Maryland families with references to the sources and locations of the records in which they appear. In addition, there is a research record guide arranged by county and type of record, and it identifies all genealogical manuscripts, books, and articles known to exist up to 1940, when this book was first published. Included are church and county courthouse records, deeds, marriages, rent rolls, wills, land records, tombstone inscriptions, censuses, directories, and other data sources.
The Cemeteries of Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC: Volume 1- Name Index
Author: S. David Carriker, D. Min.Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387199412
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
This volume introduces the study of 144 cemeteries in Jackson and Sandy Ridge Townships, Union Co., NC, and the surrounding areas. Over 27,524 graves are included.