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The Property of the Nation: George Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President
Matthew R. Costello
The Property of the Nation: George Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President
Matthew R. Costello
Despite being an affluent slave owner who believed social hierarchy was vital to America's survival, George Washington evolved in public memory during the nineteenth century into a man of the common people, the father of democracy. This memory, we learn in this study, was a deliberately constructed image, shaped and reshaped over time.
352 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | October 30, 2019 |
ISBN13 | 9780700628278 |
Publishers | University Press of Kansas |
Pages | 352 |
Dimensions | 157 × 233 × 33 mm · 678 g |
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