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An Exceptionalist Spectacle: Federal Architecture After the 1898 Spanish-American War

Achurra, Maria E
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1553250593368134

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2019, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
This dissertation delves into representative Federal architecture and urban design examples from the late nineteenth-early twentieth century, in territories acquired by the United States of America during the 1898 Spanish-American War (Cuba, Puerto Rico, The Philippines, among others). It also studies similar architectural and urban design examples from other U.S. possessions from the Progressive Era, such as the former Panama Canal Zone, and occupied territories, such as the Dominican Republic. Within this context, this dissertation defines such edifices as backdrops for an exceptionalist, expansionist spectacle. Explicitly, it describes them as material evidence of socio-political, historical, and commercial meddling of the United States in the internal affairs of the Americas and elsewhere. The dissertation also highlights the relevance of the command of the seas via the monopoly of the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; a significant condition that sets up grounds for this kind of spectacle.
Jeffrey Tilman, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Edson Roy Cabalfin, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Patrick Snadon, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
461 p.
Architecture
City Beautiful movement; Progressive Era; Spanish-American War; exceptionalism

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  • Achurra, M. E. (2019). An Exceptionalist Spectacle: Federal Architecture After the 1898 Spanish-American War [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1553250593368134

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Achurra, Maria. An Exceptionalist Spectacle: Federal Architecture After the 1898 Spanish-American War. 2019. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1553250593368134.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Achurra, Maria. "An Exceptionalist Spectacle: Federal Architecture After the 1898 Spanish-American War." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1553250593368134

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