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Article: A Republic for the Ages: The United States Capitol and the Political Culture of the Early Republic.
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- The Journal of Southern History
- Article date:
- February 1, 2001
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A Republic for the Ages: The United States Capitol and the Political Culture of the Early Republic. Edited by Donald R. Kennon. Perspectives on the American Revolution. (Charlottesville and London: Published by the University Press of Virginia for the United States Capitol Historical Society, 1999. Pp. xiv, 583. $55.00, ISBN 0-8139-1795-6.)
This substantial volume incorporates architectural history, political culture, historiography, and gender analysis to explore the early years of the nation's capital and its Capitol. Sections on "capital ideas," Freemasonry, republican symbols and architecture, and political women give the book thematic focus. The final ...