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Colonial Williamsburg /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : [Williamsburg, VA] : Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ; In association with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1986Description: 320 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 32 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0810907879
  • 9780810907874
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 975.5/4252 19
LOC classification:
  • F234.W7 K67 1986
Contents:
Foreword / by Charles R. Longsworth -- What year is this? -- The historical watershed -- The colonial period: jewel in the crown of empire. Francis Nicholson and his grand plan ; The cornerstones of Williamsburg ; A capital becomes a town ; The lives of Williamsburg -- The phoenix years: decline and resurrection. Slumber time ; The visionary and the angel ; The secret start ; The first restorers ; The growing years -- The modern era: a once and future Williamsburg. A family place, an American enterprise ; A manifold museum (I): the galleries ; A manifold museum (II): collections and collectors ; Living Williamsburg -- Sojourn in an antique place.
Summary: "The most detailed, comprehensive book on Colonial Williamsburg ever produced. In a broad-ranging ... text by Philip Kopper, we follow the history of this magnificent restoration from colonial days right up to the present"--Dust jacket flap.Summary: "Long one of America's showcase, Colonial Williamsburg is a living testament to our national heritage. Boasting 173 acres and more than 500 period buildings ( Including 88 Original eighteenth-century houses), it is without peer in the world of restoration. The jewel in the crown of a struggling new nation, Williamsburg was ll but forgotten by nineteenth-century America, and night well have drifted into obscurity had it not been for the vision of a country parson and his millionaire benefactor." - Dust Jacket Flap
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Reference Carleton University, AVRC Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot Open-stacks F234.W7 K67 1986 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 16055001269

Signed "D. S. Richardson, $20 Peterborough (18th July 1995)"

Includes index.

Foreword / by Charles R. Longsworth -- What year is this? -- The historical watershed -- The colonial period: jewel in the crown of empire. Francis Nicholson and his grand plan ; The cornerstones of Williamsburg ; A capital becomes a town ; The lives of Williamsburg -- The phoenix years: decline and resurrection. Slumber time ; The visionary and the angel ; The secret start ; The first restorers ; The growing years -- The modern era: a once and future Williamsburg. A family place, an American enterprise ; A manifold museum (I): the galleries ; A manifold museum (II): collections and collectors ; Living Williamsburg -- Sojourn in an antique place.

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