Civic Buildings After the Spanish-American War
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Architectural Branding
Architecture
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City Beautiful movement
Civic Architecture
Cuba
Dominican Republic
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exceptionalism
expansionism
History
Latin America
Panama Canal Zone
Progressive Era
Puerto Rico
Social Science
Tarsney-Act era
the Caribbean
The Philippines
U.S. Civic Beaux-Arts
U.S. Federal architecture
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- ISBN 9781496847584
- Weight: 272g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 Nov 2023
- Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Following the 1898 Spanish-American War, the United States constructed federal buildings in its newly acquired territories, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Over a century later, many of these grand Beaux-Arts-style edifices are still in use. In Civic Buildings after the Spanish-American War, author Maria Eugenia Achurra G. examines this architecture and urban design as a backdrop for US exceptionalism and expansionism.
The book defines exceptionalism and its role in US Federal Beaux-Arts architecture. Subsequent chapters compare specific examples of Beaux-Arts civic architecture in the continental US and Latin America. The book also studies architectural and urban design from other US possessions of the Progressive Era, such as the former Panama Canal Zone and occupied territories like the Dominican Republic. Reviewing the work of relevant designers and architects, Achurra G. argues that architectural examples epitomize the rich, expansionist intentions of twentieth-century Progressive America. These lingering buildings function as intriguing material evidence of the United States' geopolitical, historical, and commercial meddling in the internal affairs of the Americas and elsewhere.
The book defines exceptionalism and its role in US Federal Beaux-Arts architecture. Subsequent chapters compare specific examples of Beaux-Arts civic architecture in the continental US and Latin America. The book also studies architectural and urban design from other US possessions of the Progressive Era, such as the former Panama Canal Zone and occupied territories like the Dominican Republic. Reviewing the work of relevant designers and architects, Achurra G. argues that architectural examples epitomize the rich, expansionist intentions of twentieth-century Progressive America. These lingering buildings function as intriguing material evidence of the United States' geopolitical, historical, and commercial meddling in the internal affairs of the Americas and elsewhere.
Maria Eugenia Achurra G. is an architect for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District. She earned her PhD from the University of Cincinnati’s School of Architecture and Interior Design. Achurra G. is also a registered architect in her native Panama, where she obtained a professional bachelor of architecture degree from the University of Panama.
