TY  - BOOK
AU  - Robin,Ron Theodore
TI  - Enclaves of America: the Rhetoric of American Political Architecture Abroad, 1900-1965
T2  - Princeton Legacy Library
SN  - 9781400863105
AV  - NA4441 .R63 2014
U1  - 725.17 22
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Embassy buildings
KW  - United States
KW  - National cemeteries, American
KW  - Architecture and state
KW  - Architecture, American
KW  - Ambassades (Édifices)
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Cimetières militaires américains
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Politique gouvernementale
KW  - Architecture américaine
KW  - ARCHITECTURE
KW  - History
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Public, Commercial & Industrial
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - 7
N1  - List of Illustrations ; Preface ; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART ONE; 1. Prologue: Hesitant Beginnings; 2. Incident at Sivry-sur -Meuse: Great War Monuments and Cemeteries in Western Europe; 3. From Palace to Plantation House: The Political Architecture of American Embassies, 1926-1932; PART TWO; 4. Interlude: MarkingTime, 1933-1945; 5. ""Our Own Land on Foreign Soil"" : The Overseas Military Cemeteries of World War II; 6. Foreign Bodies: American Imperial Architecture, 1945-1965; 7. Epilogue: Retreat; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index
N2  - Whether determining the style of its embassies or the design of overseas cemeteries for Americans killed in battle, the U.S. government in its rise to global leadership greatly valued architectural symbols as a way of conveying its power abroad. In order to explain the political significance of American monuments on foreign soil, this illustrated book explores the efforts made by the United States from 1900 to 1965 to enhance its image as a military and economic force with displays of artistic achievement. Originally published in 1996. The Princeton Legacy Library uses th
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