1812
A Nation Emerges
Washington, D.C. : Published for the National Portrait Gallery in cooperation with Rowman & Littlefield : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, [2012]
Format: Book
Description: xi, 284 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
The War of 1812 completed the struggle for American independence that began in 1776 and propelled a new nation forward. 1812: A Nation Emerges accompanies the National Portrait Gallery exhibition of the same name and features 115 color images, an introduction by one of the exhibition's curators, and two essays by leading historians. Marking the two-hundredth anniversary of the conflict, this book explores how the United States was transformed and unified by the individuals who took part in that seminal event. It provides an overview of the battles, the negotiations for peace, the aftermath--known as "the era of good feelings"--and the great commercial, industrial, and cultural expansion that followed, which to some marked the birth of the United States as a world power.
Other Authors:
Penman, Rachael.
Hickey, Donald R., 1944-
Stagg, J. C. A. (John Charles Anderson), 1945-
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
Penman, Rachael.
Hickey, Donald R., 1944-
Stagg, J. C. A. (John Charles Anderson), 1945-
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
Contents:
James Madison's America / J.C.A. Stagg -- The War of 1812 : a military history / Donald R. Hickey -- Art and war : truth and myth / Sidney Hart -- Catalogue -- Chronology.
Subjects:
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Exhibitions.
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Art and the war -- Exhibitions.
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Exhibitions.
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Art and the war -- Exhibitions.
ISBN:
1935623095
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War 1812 Har | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Published to accompany an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, June 15, 2012-Jan. 27, 2013.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.