The American Statehouse: Interpreting Democracy's Temples

by Charles T. Goodsell

Book Overview

The American Statehouse examines the interplay of architecture and politics in all fifty state capitols. Using both careful analysis and photographs of exteriors and interiors, Goodsell demonstrates how the architectural elements embody political values and ideas; influence how politicians, lobbyists, and the news media behave; and both awe and unite the citizenry. He concludes that a statehouse's design is an intentional expression of how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700610448
• ISBN13: 9780700610440
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 10.3"