Jean H Baker

Gebundenes Buch

Building America

The Life of Benjamin Henry Latrobe

Beschreibung

Just as the revolutionaries of America sought to create a new society, so too did Benjamin Henry Latrobe seek to create buildings and oversee public works projects that would elevate the culture and society of the United States. This biography of Benjamin Henry Latrobe narrates the challenges to and triumphs of America's first professionally trained architect and engineer.

Autor

Jean H. Baker is Bennett-Harwood Professor of History Emerita at Goucher College. An eminent political historian and biographer, she is the author of Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion, Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists, James Buchanan, and Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography, among other titles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780190696450
• ISBN-10: 0190696451
• Artikelnr.: 55474731