Main entry:

Marling, Karal Ann.

Title & Author:

George Washington slept here : colonial revivals and American culture, 1876-1986 / Karal Ann Marling.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1988.

Description:

xii, 453 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-439) and index.
1. Two prayers in the snow : colonial culture in the 1980s -- 2. Teatime at Valley Forge : the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876 -- 3. colonial history domesticated : the restoration of Mount Vernon, 1853-1890 -- 4. Architecture, ancestry, and high society : the uses of history, 1876-1893 -- 5. George Washington humanized : the Inaugural Centennial of 1889 -- 6. The colonial revival : heroic imagery for the American home, 1893-1924 -- 7. Washingtoniana : biography, pageantry, and good taste, 1896-1924 -- 8. Neocolonial politics : the presidency of Warren Harding, 1921-1923 -- 9. Heroes, history, and modern celebrities : "Puritanism de Luxe," 1923-1929 -- 10. Herbert Hoover and the cherry tree : modern mythmaking, 1928-1932 -- 11. Popular history : the George Washington Bicentennial of 1932 -- 12. A George Washington for all occasions : from the 1939 World's Fair to Superbowl XIX -- Notes -- Credits -- Index.

ISBN:

0674349512 (alk. paper)
9780674349513 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Washington, George, 1732-1799 Influence.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 Anniversaries, etc.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 Anniversaires.
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Washington, George 1732-1799
Washington, George.
Popular culture United States.
Culture populaire États-Unis.
Anniversaries
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Popular culture
Rezeption
Kult
United States History 20th century.
États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
United States
USA
United States Washington, George, 1732-1799. Commemorations

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 55617
Call No.: ID:90-B4075
Status: Available