Altogether American: Robert Mills, Architect and Engineer, 1781-1855

by Rhodri W. Liscombe, Rhodri Windsor Liscombe, Robert Mills, et al.

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The career of Robert Mills (1781-1855) provides a fascinating account of the beginnings of an independent American architecture--Mills described himself as "altogether American"--and of the socio-political and cultural development of the Republic prior to the Civil War. Although a Southerner by birth, Mills espoused abolitionist and enlightened views, in part learned from his chief mentors Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin H. Latrobe. He actively promoted...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:019508019X

ISBN13:9780195080193

Release Date:March 1994

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:384 Pages

Weight:2.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 7.3" x 10.4"

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