The Williamsburg Restoration
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Author | : George Humphrey Yetter |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2019-01-01 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0300248350 |
This up-to-date and comprehensive look at the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg illuminates the important role it has played in our understanding of 18th-century America.
Author | : Anders Greenspan |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2020-11-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469625679 |
In Creating Colonial Williamsburg, Anders Greenspan examines the restoration and re-creation of the structures and gardens of Virginia's colonial capital beginning in 1926. The restoration was undertaken by the Rockefeller family, whose aim was to promote a twentieth-century appreciation for eighteenth-century ideals. Ironically, those ideals, including democracy, individualism, and representative government, were often promoted at the expense of a more complete understanding of the town's true history. The meaning and purpose of Colonial Williamsburg has changed over time, along with America's changing social and political landscapes, making the study of this historic site a unique and meaningful entry point to understanding the shifting modern American character. In recent years, financial struggles and declining attendance forced a new interpretation of the town, extending the presentation into the period of the American Revolution, while adding new interpretive approaches such as street theater and a greater emphasis on technology. Over its eighty-year history, says Greenspan, Colonial Williamsburg has grown and matured, while still retaining its emphasis on the importance of eighteenth-century values and their application in the modern world.
Author | : Colonial Williamsburg, inc |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1933 |
Genre | : Buildings |
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Author | : Williamsburg Restoration, Incorporated |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1938 |
Genre | : Architecture, Colonial |
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Author | : George Humphrey Yetter |
Publisher | : Colonial Williamsburg |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780879350772 |
George Yetter's informative text describes why Williamsburg was founded and flourished during the colonial period. He traces the deterioration that followed when the capital moved to Richmond in 1780, and concludes with the exciting story of how Williamsburg's past was saved. Old photographs, daguerreotypes, watercolors, sketches, and maps capture "pre-restoration" Williamsburg. Lovely color "after" photographs show that the vision and dream have been fulfilled.
Author | : Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1933 |
Genre | : Buildings |
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Author | : Williamsburg Restoration, Incorporated |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1931 |
Genre | : Historic buildings |
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Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1934 |
Genre | : Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) |
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Author | : William Coleman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2013-06-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1136163948 |
Fifty Key Thinkers on Globalization is an outstanding guide to often-encountered thinkers whose ideas have shaped, defined and influenced this new and rapidly growing field. The authors clearly and lucidly survey the life, work and impact of fifty of the most important theorists of globalization including: Manuel Castells Joseph Stiglitz David Held Jan Aart Scholte Each thinker’s contribution to the field is evaluated and assessed, and each entry includes a helpful guide to further reading. Fully cross-referenced throughout, this remarkable reference guide is essential reading for students of politics and international relations, economics, sociology, history, anthropology and literary studies.
Author | : Edward G. Lengel |
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Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) |
ISBN | : 9780879352981 |
"This book, a companion to 'Colonial Williamsburg: The Guide: The Official Companion to the Historic Area,' recounts Williamsburg's 'story'--the events and circumstances that led to the town's founding and its community life and political importance up to and through the Revolutionary War. It offers a bit of postwar history as well, including Williamsburg's experience of the Civil War and the town's eventual restoration-all 301 acres of it. The history of Williamsburg is critical to the American story of who we are and how our nation came to be"--