Border Fictions - Globalization, Empire and Writing at the Boundries of the United states.

by Barbara Burlison Mooney (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $45.90

  Examines 25 18th-century Virginia mansions and offers an analytical overview of Virginia's elite residential architecture from a patronage perspective. This book illuminates the fortunes, motivations, and aspirations of the wealthy and powerful owners who built their homes with the objective of securing their status and impressing the public.