Property of the Nation: George Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President

ISBN-13: 9780700628278 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 352 str.

Matthew R. Costello; Matthew Costello

Spis treści

• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. The Body Republic: Pater Patriae and the Politics of Disinterment
• 2. "There's Money in Old George's Bones": John Augustine Washington III and the Advent of Historical Tourism
• 3. Cultivators of Legend: Enslaved Storytellers at Mount Vernon
• 4. Frontiersman, Soldier, and Farmer: The Democratic Washington in Popular Culture
• 5. The Civil Pilgrimage: Washington's Tomb and the Veneration of Washington Relics
• 6. "Guardians of a National Shrine": The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and the Legacy of Washington
• Conclusion. Washington of the People, by the People, for the People
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index