Just as the revolutionaries of America sought to create a new society, so too did Benjamin Henry Latrobe seek to create buildings and oversee public works projects that would elevate the culture and society of the United States. This biography of Benjamin Henry Latrobe narrates the challenges to and triumphs of America's first professionally trained architect and engineer.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ch. 1 Itching Ears: The Early Life of Benjamin Latrobe
Ch. 2 This New American
Ch. 3 Capitol Projects: Latrobe in Washington, 1803-1813
Ch. 4 Beloved Mary and the Little Folks
Ch. 5 Breaking Points: Pittsburgh and Washington, 1813- 1817
Jean H. Baker is Bennett-Harwood Professor of History Emerita at Goucher College. An eminent political historian and biographer, she is the author of Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion, Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists, James Buchanan, and Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography, among other titles.
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