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Princeton

America's Campus

By: William Barksdale Maynard

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America's Campus

By: William Barksdale Maynard

Explores the architectural and cultural history of Princeton University from 1750 to the present. Includes 150 historical illustrations"--Provided by publisher.

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Penn State Press

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0271050853

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Princeton

America's Campus

By: William Barksdale Maynard

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America's Campus

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Explores the architectural and cultural history of Princeton University from 1750 to the present. Includes 150 historical illustrations"--Provided by publisher.

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Walden Pond

A History

By: William Barksdale Maynard

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A chronological narrative of Walden history explains the reasons for Thoreau's decision to build a home in the woods and recounts physical alterations made to Walden in the name of public access and safety.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195181379

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9780195181371

Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850

By: William Barksdale Maynard

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Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850

By: William Barksdale Maynard

This study traces the development of American architecture from the age of Jefferson to the antebellum era, providing a survey of this important period. W. Barksdale Maynard overturns the long-accepted notions that the chief theme of early 19th-century American architecture was a patriotic desire to escape from European influence and that competing styles chiefly reflected the American struggle for cultural uniqueness. Instead, deep and consistent aesthetic ties, especially with England, shaped American architecture and house designs. Maynard shows that the Greek Revival in particular was an international phenomenon, with American achievements inspired by British example and with taste taking precedence over patriotism.

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Yale University Press

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0300093837

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9780300093834

Woodrow Wilson

Princeton to the Presidency

By: William Barksdale Maynard

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Woodrow Wilson

Princeton to the Presidency

By: William Barksdale Maynard

Before Woodrow Wilson became president of the United States, he spent 25 years at Princeton University, first as an undergraduate, then professor, and finally as president. His experiences at the helm of Princeton--where he enjoyed four productive years followed by four years of wrangling and intense acrimony--reveal much about the kind of man he was and how he earned a reputation as a fearless crusader. This engrossing book focuses on how Wilson's Princeton years influenced the ideas and worldview he later applied in politics. His career in the White House, W. Barksdale Maynard shows, repeated with uncanny precision his Princeton experiences. The book recounts how Wilson's inspired period of building, expansion, and intellectual fervor at Princeton deteriorated into one of the most famous academic disputes in American history. His battle to abolish elitist eating clubs and establish a more egalitarian system culminated in his defeat and dismissal, and the ruthlessness of his tactics alienated even longtime friends. So extreme was his behavior, some historians have wondered whether he suffered a stroke. Maynard sheds new light on this question, on Wilson's temper, and on other aspects of his strengths and shortcomings. The book provides an unprecedented inside view of a hard-fighting president--a man who tried first to remake a university and then to remake the world.

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Yale University Press

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0300142706

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9780300142709

Architecture, Liberty and Civic Order

Architectural Theories from Vitruvius to Jefferson and Beyond

By: Carroll William Westfall

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Architecture, Liberty and Civic Order

Architectural Theories from Vitruvius to Jefferson and Beyond

By: Carroll William Westfall

This book brings to light central topics that are neglected in current histories and theories of architecture and urbanism. These include the role of imitation in earlier centuries and its potential role in present practice; the necessary relationship between architecture, urbanism and the rural districts; and their counterpart in the civil order that builds and uses what is built. The narrative traces two models for the practice of architecture. One follows the ancient model in which the architect renders his service to serve the interests of others; it survives and is dominant in modernism. The other, first formulated in the fifteenth century by Leon Battista Alberti, has the architect use his talent in coordination with others to contribute to the common good of a republican civil order that seeks to protect its own liberty and that of its citizens. Palladio practiced this way, and so did Thomas Jefferson when he founded a uniquely American architecture, the counterpart to the nation’s founding. This narrative gives particular emphasis to the contrasting developments in architecture on the opposite sides of the English Channel. The book presents the value for clients and architects today and in the future of drawing on history and tradition. It stresses the importance, indeed, the urgency, of restoring traditional practices so that we can build just, beautiful, and sustainable cities and rural districts that will once again assist citizens in living not only abundantly but also well as they pursue their happiness.

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Routledge

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1317178998

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Walden Pond

A History

By: William Barksdale Maynard

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A History

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Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850

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Woodrow Wilson

Princeton to the Presidency

By: William Barksdale Maynard

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Princeton to the Presidency

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Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850

Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Architecture, Liberty and Civic Order

Architecture, Liberty and Civic Order

Walden Pond

Walden Pond

Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850

Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

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