By Elizabeth Greene
An important source for readers attracted to structure and layout that demonstrates how the development, shape, and serve as of key constructions within the 19th-century prompted American social, political, monetary, and highbrow life.
• Discusses 19th-century U.S. landmarks within the context of key occasions and themes in heritage
• publications readers during the strategy of significantly assessing and interpreting structures and critical constructions in 19th-century America
• Examines the historical past of various attention-grabbing and significant landmarks, now not all of that are celebrated or famous yet have had major effect on American society on the time
• supplies special point of view to scholars approximately how humans lived in 19th-century America
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