Enclaves of America: The Rhetoric of American Political Architecture Abroad, 1900-1965

by Ron Theodore Robin

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691048053
• ISBN13: 9780691048055
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 228 Pages