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100 1 $aFairbanks, Jonathan L.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81066584
245 10 $aBecoming a nation :$bAmericana from the diplomatic reception rooms, U.S. Department of State /$cby Jonathan Fairbanks, guest curator ; Gerald W. R. Ward, editor ; [foreword by Colin Powell].
260 $aNew York :$bRizzoli ;$aLondon :$bTroika,$c2003.
300 $a232 pages :$bcolor illustrations ;$c31 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 226-229) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Becoming a Nation -- $tThe Catalogue -- $tCharting the New World: Views and Visions of America -- $tThe Look of Colonial America: Commerce and Crafts, Artisans and Patrons -- $tThe Road to Independence: Statesmen and Diplomats -- $tA Nation United: Neoclassicism in the Federal Era -- $tThe Nation Expands Westward: Discovery, Bounty, and Beauty.
520 1 $a"Often objects can provide a better window into history than words alone. In Becoming a Nation, American works of art and cultural artifacts are combined with intriguing texts to provide the reader with a unique perspective on the attitudes and values of the generations that spawned the United States. The exceptional objects presented in this volume were all made or used in the country during its formative years, from about 1730 to 1840 - the decades preceding and following the American Revolution in which the country coalesced from a group of disparate colonies into a new nation, then expanded westward across the continent." "All of the works in Becoming a Nation are drawn from the extraordinary collection of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms of the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C. This collection was brilliantly assembled in order to provide the Department of State - and the nation as a whole - with beautiful and suitable surroundings for the benefit of American statesmanship; no other collection in this nation has been created with such a singular mandate. Thus the works of art carefully selected for this exhibition and catalogue not only reflect great beauty and craftsmanship but are also important historical documents that shed light on American history and the growth of our prosperous nation."--BOOK JACKET.
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